PA S T

CONTINUOUS
TENSE
 What is
past continuous tense ?
Past continuous tense refers to verbs that
we use to talk about action or something
that was happening around a particular
time in the past

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 PA S T C O N T I N U O U S
TENSE

structure
3
function examples
 Function

to talk about about something that

continued during a period in the past
 past time
last
night
Just now an hour ago
Yesterday morning last week
how is the Structure ?
 be in the Past continuous
was/were

wa were
s
I was sleeping you were learning
she was watching they were talking
he was eating we were voting
the dog was the dogs were jumping
barking Amy and Jack were
 Positive
S sentence
was/were V (ing compliment

I was Watching TV last night

they were making a project

the bird was flying on the sky

the cats were running in the park

 Negative sentence
S was/were not V (ing compliment

I was not Watching TV last night

they were not making a project

the bird was not flying on the sky

the cats were not running in the park

 Introgative sentence
was/were S V (ing compliment

were you Watching TV last night ?

were they making a cake?

was the bird flying on the sky ?

were the cats running in the park ?

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