Past continuous explanation
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The document discusses the uses and formation of the past continuous tense in English. It provides examples of actions that were happening at a specific time in the past to illustrate the past continuous. It then outlines the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the past continuous, which involves using a form of "to be" in the past tense plus the verb ending in "-ing." Examples are also given of asking what someone was doing at a certain time in the past.
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Past continuous explanation
- 2. What were The Simposns doing at 6pm. yesterday ?
- 3. At 6pm Yesterday….. He was drinking beer She was cooking. They were dancing It was running
- 4. How do we form the Past Continuous? Affirmative Form : subject+ verb to be in its past form +verb(-ING) + complements.
- 5. • NEGATIVE FORM: subject+ was/weren’t +verb(ING).
- 6. INTERROGATIVE FORM: was/were+ subject+ verb (ING)
- 7. When do we use the Past Continous? We use the past continous to talk about an action in progress at a specific time in the past. What were you doing yestrday at 8 o’clock? I was wacthing the news on TV.