PAST CONTINUOUS

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

I was working I wasn’t working Was I working?
you were working you weren’t working Were you working?
he was working he wasn’t working Was he working?
she was working she wasn’t working Was she working?
it was working it wasn’t working Was it working?
we were working we weren’t working Were we working?
you were working you weren’t working Were you working?
they were working they weren’t working Were they working?

STRUCTURES

(+) SUJ + V-TO BE PAST + V-BASE FORM+ -ing + C

(-) SUJ + V-TO BE PAST NEG + V- BASE FORM+ -ing + C

(?) V-TO BE PAST + SUJ + V BASE FORM + -ing + C + ?

USES: USEFUL EXPESSIONS:

- habits I smoke (habit) always

usually
- general truths London is a large city (general truth) often
sometimes
- repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and occasionally
wishes: I work in London (unchanging situation) rarely
never
- To give instructions or directions: You walk for two hundred
days of the Week
meters, then you turn left.
times of the Day
- To express fixed arrangements, present or future:
Your exam starts at 09.00 every day/week / year

- To express future time, after some conjunctions: after, in winter / spring,…

when, before, as soon as, until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday. once a day
twice a week