Past Continuous (Progressive) Tense
Subject + auxiliary verb BE + main verb
conjugated in simple past tense present participle
was base + ing
were base + ing
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I was playing I was not playing Was I playing?
You were playing You were not playing Were you playing?
He, she, it was playing She wasn t playing Was she playing?
We were playing We weren t playing Were we playing?
You were playing You weren t playing Were you playing?
They were playing They weren t playing Were they playing?
Look at these examples:
subject auxiliary verb main verb
+ I Was watching TV.
+ You Were working hard.
- He, she, it Was not helping Mary.
- We Were not joking.
? Were You being silly?
? Were They playing football?
The past continuous of any verb is composed of two parts : the past tense of the verb to be (was/were), and the base of the main verb +ing.
Subject was/were base-ing
They were watching
Affirmative
She was reading
Negative
She wasn t reading
Interrogative
Was she reading?
Interrogative negative
Wasn t she reading?
More examples
• They were waiting for the bus when the accident happened.
• Caroline was skiing when she broke her leg.
• When we arrived he was having a bath.
• When the fire started I was watching television.
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المادة المعروضة اعلاه هي مدخل الى المحاضرة المرفوعة بواسطة استاذ(ة) المادة . وقد تبدو لك غير متكاملة . حيث يضع استاذ المادة في بعض الاحيان فقط الجزء الاول من المحاضرة من اجل الاطلاع على ما ستقوم بتحميله لاحقا . في نظام التعليم الالكتروني نوفر هذه الخدمة لكي نبقيك على اطلاع حول محتوى الملف الذي ستقوم بتحميله .
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