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    The past continuous tense, also called the past progressive tense, is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It is formed using was/were plus the verb ending in -ing. Some examples of its uses include describing what someone was doing at a certain time in the past, what was happening over a period of time, and ongoing background actions that were interrupted by other past actions. Certain verbs like believe or know are generally not used in the past continuous tense.

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    The past continuous tense, also called the past progressive tense, is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It is formed using was/were plus the verb ending in -ing. Some examples of its uses include describing what someone was doing at a certain time in the past, what was happening over a period of time, and ongoing background actions that were interrupted by other past actions. Certain verbs like believe or know are generally not used in the past continuous tense.

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    The past continuous tense, also called the past progressive tense, is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It is formed using was/were plus the verb ending in -ing. Some examples of its uses include describing what someone was doing at a certain time in the past, what was happening over a period of time, and ongoing background actions that were interrupted by other past actions. Certain verbs like believe or know are generally not used in the past continuous tense.

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    Past Continuous

    Teacher Sandra M.Magnani

    Forming the past continuous tense

    The past continuous tense (also called the past progressive tense) is commonly used in English for actions which were going on (had not finished) at a particular time in the past.

    I was sleeping . They were talking during the class . Tony was eating a big sandwich .

    To be(past)was/were+verb+ing

    Affirmative I was doing You were doing He/she/it was doing We were doing You were doing (plural) They were doing

    NEGATIVE:
    I wasnt doing You werent doing He wasnt doing She wasnt doing It werent doing We werent doing You werent doing They werent doing

    I / He / She / It - wasnt or was not You / We / They - werent or were not

    QUESTIONS was/were+subject+verb+ing

    Was I doing? Were you doing? Was he/she/it doing? Were we doing? Were you doing? Were they doing? Lets remember : He /She / It = was We /you /They = were

    Functions and examples

    We use the past continuous to say that an action was in progress at a particular time in the past.

    I was having dinner at 6pm last night What were you doing at midnight last night?

    Bob was sleeping at 10 pm last Sunday

    We use the past continuous to say that an action was in progress at every moment during a period of time

    You were working all day yesterday, weren't you? I was playing soccer all day yesterday.

    We use the past continuous together with the past simple. The past continuous refers to a "longer" or "background" action that was in progress; the past simple refers to a shorter action that interrupted the longer action, or happened in the middle of it.

    He was walking to work when he met John. She was eating when the phone rang. The baby was sleeping when he arrived While I was working in the garden, I heard a woman scream. While he was watching tv his wife went out

    Important points

    We do not normally use some verbs in the past continuous tense, because these verbs are not normally action verbs. These verbs include: believe, belong, depend,

    hate, know, like, love, mean, need, prefer, realise, suppose, want, understand.

    They knew each other very well.

    They were knowing each other very well. x

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