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Past continuous tense
The farmer was working at
6 oclock yesterday evening
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Past continuous tense
was
He
She
It
were
You
We
They
playing
wasI
AFFIRMATIVE: Play
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Past continuous tense
Was the teacher explaining grammar at schoollast Monday?No, she
wasnt. She was explaining Geography.
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Past continuous tense
was
were
was
heshe
it
you
we
theyplaying?
I
HeShe
It
You
WeThey
I
was notwasnt
were not
werent playing
Was not
Wasnt
INTERROGATIVE: Play NEGATIVE: Play
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Uses of the past continuous1-We use the past continuous tense
todescribe a past action over a period of
time
"What werethey doingyesterday at 8 0clock?""They were workingall
day.
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This time yesterday the hairdresser wasworking
2-We use the past continuous to say thatsomebody was in the
middle of doingsomething at a certain time.
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3-Past simple and past continuous are used
together when something happened in themiddle of something
else
The policeman broke his anklewhile he was running after the
dog
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Compare the past continuous (I was doing)
and past simple (I did):
Past continuous (in the middle of an action)
I was walking home when I met Dave. (in themiddle of walking
home)
Ann was watching television when the phone
rang.
Past simple (complete action)
I walked home after the party last night. Ann watched televison
a lot when she was ill
last year
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Past continuous tenseTime expressions:
While, as, when.
While the band was playing amobile phone rang
