Affirmative

PAST CONTINUOUS
Negative

Interrogative
I
Was He + verb
She present
It continuous?

I
He was+verb present
She
continuous.
It

I
He was not (wasnt) +
She verb present
It
continuous.

They
were
We
+ verb present
You
continuous.

They were not (werent)

They + verb
We
+ verb present
Were We present
You
continuous.
You continuous?

Example:
He was swimming.
We were swimming.

Example:
He wasnt swimming.
We werent swimming.

Example:
Was he swimming?
Were we swimming?

U) Complete the text.

Sergeant Harris left the police station at 6 p.m. He (not have)
his car so he (walk) home. He (cross) the park
when he (see) a little girl playing near the river she (run)
after the birds. The sergeant (sit down)
to have a rest and (open) the newspaper. He (read)
the sports page when he (hear) screams;
the girl was in the water and she (wave) her arms; her
mother (call) for help. Sergeant Harris (run)
to the river and (jump) into the water. He (get)
to the girl quickly and (pull) her out. A lot of
people (watch) the scene. When they saw that the girl was
safe, they all (clap) and (cheer).
V) Past Simple or Past Continuous?
Last Saturday, Jonny (cycle) in the park when it (start)
to rain. He (wear) a T-shirt and shorts and
she (not have) a coat. She (decide) to go
to a caf for a cup of coffee. When she (arrive) a lot of
people (wait) outside. Jenny was too tired to stand
outside of the caf for a long time, so she (sit) on a bench
and (fell) asleep. When she (wake up), it (not
rain) any more but the caf was closed!