PAST CONTINUOUS INTERROGATIVE

WAS/WERE + SUBJECT + PRESENT PARTICIPLE?

WAS + I/HE/SHE/IT + PLAYING?
WERE + YOU/WE/THEY + EATING?

To form a question in the past continuous we need to use the auxiliary verb “to be"
before the subject, that is, at the beginning of the question, as seen below:

WAS / WERE + SUBJECT + VERB OR BASE FORM + ING + COMPLEMENT?

 Were you having a good conversation in house?

 What was he doing this time yesterday?

Examples

 Were+ they + playing +soccer in the park last weekend?

 Was she dancing all night at the party?

 Were we watching a movie at the cinema?

 Were you dinking my milk?

 What were they doing?

 Was it raining?

 Were you eating candies when i entered the room?

 Was Alan running behing the car when he broke his leg?

 What was he doing this time yesterday?

PAST CONTINUOUS INTERROGATIVE AND SHORT ANSWERS

YES, + SUBJECT + WAS/WERE is the affirmative and No,+ SUBJET

+ WASN´T/ WEREN´T it´s denial

Are we going to construct the answers for each type of question? As follows: To

confirm a YES-NO Question, we are going to say:

Were we having breakfast? Yes, we were / No, we weren’t

Examples

 Were they enjoying trip to Japan? Yes, they were / No, they weren’t

 Was he eating breakfast this morning? Yes, he was / No, he wasn’t

 Was she reading the book I recommended? Yes, she was / No, she wasn’t

 Was the printer working this morning? Yes, it was / No, it wasn´t

 Was Ted cooking when he burned his hand? Yes, he was / No he wasn´t

 Where were they camping when the flood hit the area? Yes, They were/No, they

weren´t