past continuous

Negative : Was/ were not +verb+ing.. Interrogative: Was/ were +subject+verb+ing?. use To describe : 1-a past action in progress.. 2- two actions happening at the same time in the past Wh

Past continuous

Form

Affirmative :

Was / were + verb+ ing

Negative :

Was/ were not +verb+ing

Interrogative:

Was/ were +subject+verb+ing?

use

To describe : 1-a past action in progress 2- two actions happening at the same time in the past

What were they doing when the bell rang  ?

1- Jack ………(feed ) the dog 2- the father ……… ( help ) his daughter to do her homework

3- the sisters ……… ( fight ) with pillows in their bedroom

4- Tomas ……….( not do ) his Homework, he ……….( surf ) the net

5- Sally ……… ( iron ) in the laundry room

6-the grandfather……….……( read)

a newspaper while the grandmother…………

……… ( caress ) the cat 7-the mother……… ( not cook ) She ……… (buy ) some fruit 8- Erik and Janet ……… ( slide )

in the playground

e g

a - he was helping the old lady

b- they weren’t doing

their homework

c-were they planting

trees ?