past continuous

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 ?