Past Tense Continuous

Past Tense Continuous

Affirmative : S + was/were + V_ing

e.g. : They were talking about me when the train arrived.

Interrogative : Was/were + S+ V_ing

e.g. : Was I thinking of leaving my job ?

Negative : S+ was/were + not + V_ing

e.g. : I wasn’t sleeping when the phone rang .

It is used to express :

An action that was going at a certain moment in the past .

Adverb : this time yesterday , yesterday , last week/month/year , to…ago

e.g. : I was reading a book this time yesterday.

I was watching TV at 7 o’clock last Monday.

When + S + V₂

e.g. : I was reading a book when he came home .

I was sleeping when the phone rang .

While + S + was/were + V_ing = simultaneous action

e.g. : I was working hard while he was watching TV .