explanation of past continous

1. USES AND FORM

2. What were The Simposns doing at
6pm. yesterday ?

3. At 6pm Yesterday…..
He was drinking
beer
She was cooking.
They were dancing
It was running

4. How do we form the Past Continuous?
 Affirmative Form : subject+ verb to be in its past form
+verb(-ING) + complements.

5. • NEGATIVE FORM: subject+ was/weren’t +verb(ING).

6.  INTERROGATIVE FORM: was/were+ subject+ verb
(ING)

7. When do we use the Past Continous?
 We use the past continous to talk about an
action in progress at a specific time in the past.
What were you doing yestrday at 8 o’clock? I was wacthing the news on
TV.