GRAMMAR NOTES PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST CONTINUOUS /

: was /were + + -ing ( : was/were + present

participle)

Affirmative / Interrogative / Negative/

I/He/She /It was cleaning Was I/he/she/it cleaning? I/He/She/It was not
cleaning
We/You /They were cleaning Were we/you/they cleaning We/You/they were not
cleaning

: -ing
Present Continuous

1. (
).
We were going to school when the rain started ( )
I was having lunch when the doorbell rang ( )

2. .
.
Yesterday, at 10 oclock I was studying

3.
.
Yesterday, I was studying from 10:00 to 3:00

4. .
Jim was working on the computer while his brother was reading.

5. . (
Past Simple, Past Continuous
)
He was working all summer.

6. ,
.
We were all in the kitchen. Mum was cooking lunch, dad was reading his newspaper and my
brother was doing his homework. Suddenly we heard a strange noise.

7.
( always, constantly, continually, for ever).
Present Continuous , .
She was for ever complaining.

8. . (
Present Continuous .)
I left early from work because we were leaving for Crete that afternoon.
 GRAMMAR NOTES PAST CONTINUOUS
: O past continuous .
.
past simple, used to would.

When I was on holidays, I went to the beach every day ( I was going..)