1) The document discusses the past continuous tense, which is formed using was/were + verb + -ing to describe an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. 2) Some common uses of the past continuous tense include describing background events that were happening when another action occurred or describing two simultaneous ongoing actions in the past. 3) Time expressions like "at 8 o'clock", "when", "while", etc. are often used with the past continuous tense to specify when the ongoing past action was happening.

1. Past continuous

2. Past Continuous We form the past continuos tense with the past tense of be + a verb + -ing Was/were + -ing Were you listening to the radio at 9 last night? No, I wasn’t. I was watching TV

3. Past continuous tense AFFIRMATIVE: Play were You We They was He She It play ing was I

4. Past continuous tense INTERROGATIVE: Play NEGATIVE: Play Were Was Was Were you we they he she it play ing ? I you He She It You We They I was not wasn’t were not weren’t play ing was not wasn’t

5. Uses of the Past Continuous To describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past Mary was working at ten yesterday To talk about an action that was in progress when a second action happened I was studying when the fire alarm went off To talk about two actions that were in progress at the same time in the past I was having a bath while my husband was cooking To give background information in a story It was getting dark, I was walking down the road when I saw a strange man …

6. W e use the past continuous tense to describe a past action over a period of time " What were you doing yesterday at 8 0’clock ?" “ I w as working all day. 8 am 8 pm

7. To describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past The farmer was working at 6 o’clock yesterday evening The farmer / work / at 6 o’clock yesterday evening

8. This time yesterday the hairdresser was working This time yesterday / the hairdresser /work To describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past

9. Was the teacher explaining grammar at school last Monday? No, she wasn’t . She was explaining Geography. explain grammar at school last Monday / the teacher? No // explain Geography

10. To talk about two actions that were in progress at the same time in the past I was having a bath while my husband was cooking Both actions were simultaneous

11. To talk about an action that was in progress when a second action happened The policeman broke his ankle while he was running after the dog

12. 7 am 7.20 am I was having a shower, when the phone rang .

13. Note the difference When he arrived , they had dinner When he arrived, they were having dinner

15. TIME EXPRESSIONS Past Continuous Grandad was sleeping yesterday AT 8 o’clock… I was trying to fly WHEN it began to rain… When I was working, the police arrived… WHILE Bart was playing, someone stole his money… Moe was working WHILE Homer was skating…