The Past Continuous
Now that we've learned about the simple past, let's learn about the past continuous and how to use it. The past continuous talks about an action in the past that was not finished (or interrupted).
I was singing.
She was working at 3:00 PM.
She was reading.
To form sentences in the past continuous, you need was/were followed by a verb with -ing at the end. Take a look at the following table to learn how to construct sentences in the past continuous:
Affirmative Statements
subject - was/were - verb + -ing
| I | was | singing | in the afternoon. |
| You | were | ||
| He, She, It | was | ||
| We, You, They | were |
Negative Statements
Past continuous sentences with "not" use the contractions "wasn't" and "weren't."
subject - was/were + not - verb + -ing
| I | was not wasn't |
singing | in the afternoon. |
| You | were not weren't |
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| He, She, It | was not wasn't |
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| We, You, They | were not weren't |
Exercise
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