Past Continuous

PRONOUN + WAS / WERE + VERB + ING

I was

WORK ING

She
He
It
We
were
Negative
You Form
They
PRONOUN + WAS / WERE + NOT + VERB + ING
Past Continuous – Interrogative Form

QUESTION + WAS/WERE + PRONOUN + VERB + ING + ?

WORD

WHERE was I

WORK ING ?
She
He
It
were We
Task n°1: Answer the questions: You
They
a) What was you doing this morning at 10?
b) What were your classmates doing this morning at 10?
Task n°2: What were these people doing this morning at 10?
 We usually use the Past Continuous tense to describe an action that was taking
place when some other thing happened in the past. (Past Continuous / Past Tense)

Examples: I was cooking when my daughter came home

Joseph was traveling when his wife died
Task n°3: Match sentences in column A with their endings in column B

A B
We were still dancing
I was thinking of walking home
My parents were enjoying their holidays
My brother was trying to fix the roof
It was raining heavily
You were dating Susana
She was standing in the middle of the street
I was living in Florida
The film was just starting
… when the ladder broke and he fell down
… when you met your new girfriend
… when the DJ stopped the music
… when the Hurricane destroyed the city
… when the bus finally arrived
… when suddenly sunlight appeared
… when I had to go to the toilet
… when they received the bad news
... when the traffic lights changed to red