The document provides examples of using the past continuous tense in English to describe actions that were happening or not happening in the past. It gives affirmative, negative, and interrogative examples using the verbs "to be" in the past tense plus verbs ending in "-ing" for various subjects, including questions that change the word order. Tips note that the past continuous can describe actions that started in the past and were interrupted, and should be mixed with the past simple tense when referring to specific times like yesterday.

1. PAST CONTINOUS
AFF + NEG- INT?
I was jumping… I wasn’t jumping… Was I jumping…?
You were eating… You weren’t eating… Were you eating..?
He was cooking… He wasn’t cooking… Was he cooking?
She was writing… She wasn’t writing… Was she writing..?
It was running… It wasn’t running… Was it running…?
We were shouting.. We weren’t shouting…Were we shouting…?
You were reading…You weren’t reading…Were you reading…?
They were opening...They weren’t opening.. Were they opening?
TIPS: mixed with
past simple tips
(yesterday, last…)
but adding info.
About the “after”
ACTIONS WHICH
STARTED IN THE
PAST, AND WERE
INTERRUPTED
VERB TO BE in PAST TENSE
AFF + NEG - INT ?(Change word order from +)
WAS for SINGULAR+ verb with –ing WASN’T+…-ING WAS HE,SHE, I…..-ING ?
WERE for PLURAL+ verb with –ing WEREN’T+…-ING WERE THEY, WE…-ING?