Past Continuous Tense...Yippie :)

 

USE 1: Actions in progress


 

Examples:

  • I was watching TV yesterday in the evening.
  • She was not crying.

 

USE 2: Interrupted actions in progress


 

Examples:

  • I was talking with James when the telephone rang.
  • The plane crashed when Angelica was playing tennis.

 

Making Questions:

Examples:

Have you ever seen this program?

Where has she lived for the past 21 years

 

Making Negative Sentences:

Examples:

He hasn't taken any drug for two years

I haven't met my perfect partner yet

They haven't contacted you, have they?

 

Homework:

1.    Make one Past Continuous sentence.

2.    Make one Past Continuous question.

3.    Make one Past Continuous NEGATIVE sentence.