The document discusses the past continuous (progressive) tense in English. It is formed by using was/were plus the present participle (verb + ing). Examples are given of affirmative, interrogative, and negative sentences using the past continuous tense to describe actions that were ongoing at a specific time in the past. The past continuous is used to talk about actions that were not completed at the time being discussed.

1. past continuous

2. GERUND Verb + ING . BRING . READ . LISTEN . SAY . TRY ➙ BRING ING ➙ READ ING ➙ LISTEN ING ➙ SAY ING ➙ TRY ING

3. AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES SUBJECT WAS/WERE GERUND COMPLEMENTS were My parents sleeping when I arrived I was watching TV last night Mary was wearing a red dress

4. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES the children sleeping at 9 o’clock were ? Kevin living in Washington in 1982 was ? he sleeping when I phoned was ?

5. NEGATIVE SENTENCES She was studying when I arrived not Paul and his brother were sleeping at 11:30 last night not

6. We use the past progressive for actions which were not complete at a past time . When you phoned me I was having a shower . We were watching TV all evening . While he was preparing dinner, his wife was helping the children