PAST CONTINUOUS!!!

Past Continuous Use

To talk about an action that was in progress (not
finished) at a time in the past.


At 6.30 I was having breakfast.



6.15 6.30 6.45
I started I finished
having breakfast. having breakfast.
Affirmative..
I
He
She WAS verb ING.
It

You
We WERE verb ING.
They
Negative..
I
He
She WASNT verb ING.
It

You
We WERENT verb ING.
They
Questions..
I
He
WAS She verb ING ?
It

You
WERE We verb ING ?
They
Short Answers..
Affirmative.. Negative..

Yes, I
Yes, He
Yes, She WAS.
Yes, It

Yes, You
Yes, We WERE.
Yes, They

No, I
No, He
No, She WERENT.
No, It

No, You
No, We WASNT.
No, They

Past Continuous and Past
Simple Use..
Use the Past continuous and the Past
simple to say what was happening when
something else happened.
The action in the Past simple interrupts the
action in the Past continuous.
Use when to join the two actions.

I was riding my bicycle when I fell.
I was riding my bicycle when I fell.
PAY
ATTENTION! You can change the
order of the two parts
of the sentence:

I was sleeping when you phoned.

OR

When you phoned, I was sleeping.

If you start with the When clause, use a
comma.