The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It explains the form of the past continuous tense in positive, negative, and yes/no question sentences. It then provides examples of how the past continuous tense is used to talk about actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past, actions that were ongoing over a period of time in the past, and actions that were interrupted by other past actions. It also discusses how the past continuous tense can show that an action was temporary. Finally, it compares the use of the past continuous and past simple tenses together.

1. Past Continuous Tense

2. Form of Past Continuous Tense: Positive Sentence books. reading was He, She, It happily. dancing were You, We, They to music. listening was I modifier. main verb (V +ing ) + “ BE” + Subject +

3. Form of Past Continuous Tense: Negative Sentence wasn't books. reading not was He, She, It weren't happily. dancing not were You, We, They wasn't to music. listening not was I modifier. main verb (V +ing ) + NOT + “ BE” + Subject +

4. Form of Past Continuous Tense: Yes-No Question lazy? being he, she, it Was World’s Cup last night? watching you, we, they Were to music? listening I Was modifier ? main verb (V +ing ) + Subject + “ BE” +

5. Form of Past Continuous Tense: Wh-Question at 11 o’clock last night? doing he, she, it was Who World’s Cup last night? watching you, we, they were Where to when the phone rang? talking I was Who modifier ? main verb (V+ing) + Subject + “ BE” + Question word

9. Jimmy was taking a bath when the phone rang . A: What were you doing when you broke your leg? B: I was snowboarding .

12. Past Continuous Tense & Past Simple Tense I was watching TV when Jim knocked the door. Long action = (watching TV), expressed with past continuous tense Short action = (knocked), expressed with simple past tense

13. ‘ when’ + short action (past simple tense) ‘while ’ + long action (past continuous tense) I was watching TV when Jim knocked the door . Jim knocked the door , I was watching TV While I was watching TV while Jim knocked the door I was watching TV , Jim knocked the door When Jim knocked the door. when I was watching TV