Professional Documents
Culture Documents
NEGATIVE
He/She/It + Was not (wasn’t) + Verb ING
You/We/They + Were not (weren’t) + Verb ING
INTERROGATIVE
Was + I/He/She/It + Verb ING
Were + You/We/They + Verb ING
• Parallel Actions
Example: I was reading while my brother was playing guitar
• Repeated Action (often with "always"
Example: My last roommate was always leaving dirty dishes in the sink.
• To Start a Story / Create an Atmosphere
Examples: While I was driving to work yesterday...
The sun was shining, and birds were singing...
EXERCISE
1. Complete the dialogue according to the audio.