This document discusses the past continuous tense in English, which is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress in the past. It provides the forms for the affirmative, negative, and interrogative past continuous, including the conjugations of "to be" in the past tense and adding "-ing" to the main verb. Examples of usage include "I was walking," "she wasn't sleeping," and "Were they playing?" to ask about ongoing past actions.

2. USE
We use the past continuous
to describe actions in
progress in the past.

3. FORMS

4. AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJECT+ TO BE PAST + VERB-ing+
COMPLEMENTS
was ing
wer
e
ing

5. NEGATIVE
SUBJECT+ TO BE PAST+ NOT + VERB-ing+
COMPLEMENTS
wasn’
t ing
weren
’t
ing

6. INTERROGATIVE
TO BE PAST+ SUBJECT+ VERB-ing+
COMPLEMENTS+?
Was ing
Were ing

7. SHORT ANSWERS
YES, SUBJECT+ TO BE PAST/ NO, SUBJECT+TO BE
PAST+NOT
Yes, I / No, I
Yes, they / No, they
was wasn’t
were
weren’
t