PAST CONTINUOUS

La acción ocurre en el pasado durante un tiempo prolongado.

I was writing.
estaba -ando/-endo

was/were

PARA ARMAR ORACIONES.

Usamos WHEN= CUANDO

WHILE=MIENTRAS

PERSON + WAS/WERE + …ING + WHEN + PERSON + …-ED/2DA. COLUMN.

HE WAS PLAYING WHEN LUCY ARRIVED HOME.

Arribó/llegó

PERSON + WAS/WERE + …ING + WHILE + PERSON + WAS/WERE + …ING

JULIE WAS SWIMMING WHILE TOM WAS WATCHING TV.

Si el verbo termina con E, esa E desaparece y se pone ing

LIVE…..was living

TAKE…..was taking

MAKE……were making

El tiempo, el lugar, la hora, el día van al final de la oración.

Ex:
I was running yesterday.
She was sleeping at 11.00 pm.
Was Peter playing last night?