PAST CONTINUOUS
- We use the Past Continuous to talk about an action in progress at a specific time in the past.
- We form the Past Continuous with:
verb to be (past) + verb-ing
I was studying at 8 o'clock yesterday
Yo estaba estudiando a las 8:00 ayer.
Affirmative
- I was studying
- You were studying
- He/she/it was studying
- We
- You were studying
- They
Negative
- I wasn't studying (was not)
- You weren't studying (were not)
- He/she/it wasn't studying
- We
- You weren't studying
- They
Interrogative
- Was I studying
- Were you studying
- Was he/she/it studying
we
- Were you studying
---------------------------- Yes, I was
----------------------------- No, I wasn't
----------------------------- No, I wasn't
Watch the following video and answer the questions:
What people were doing last night when the lights went out?
- What was the African-american man doing when the lights went out?
- What was his wife doing?
- What was the woman with curly hair doing when the lights went out?
- What were her children doing?
- What was the teenager doing?
- What were the news presenters doing?
- What were Mr and Mrs Green doing when the lights went out?