The document provides examples of how to use the past continuous tense in English to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It shows affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the past continuous tense using common verbs like dance. Additional examples demonstrate using the past continuous tense with time expressions like "at 6 PM" as well as using it with conjunctions like "when" and "while" to refer to two simultaneous past actions.

2. You were studying when she called.
Were you studying when she called?
You were not studying when she called.

5. Last night at 6 PM, I ate dinner.
I started eating at 6 PM.
Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner.
I started earlier; and at 6 PM, I was in the process of eating dinner.

6. I was studying while he was making dinner.
While Ellen was reading, Tim was watching television.
Were you listening while he was talking?

7. Example:
She was always coming to class late.

8. Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I was Dancing I wasn´t Dancing Was i Dancing
You were Dancing You weren´t Dancing Were you Dancing?
He was Dancing He wasn´t Dancing Was he dancing?
She was Dancing She wasn´t Dancing Was she dancing?
It was Dancing It wasn´t Dancing Was it dancing?
We were Dancing He wasn´t Dancing Were we Dancing?
You were Dancing She wasn´t Dancing Were you dancing¡
They were Dancing It wasn´t Dancing Were they dancing?

9. Uses
The actions in the past that take place at a particular time.
With the past simple to refer a long action that is interrupted
by a shorter one. [When or While are the habitual
conjunctions[
Two actions developing at the same time in the past [While is
the habitual conjunction.

10. Jane was being at my house when you arrived. Not Correct
Jane was at my house when you arrived. Correct

11. They were ________when I broke the window. (To Sing)
a) Singing b) Sing c) Sang
My brother and sister _____ playing tennis at 11 a.m. yesterday.
a) Are b) Was c) Were

12. I ______(meet) John in town yesterday. He ____________(shop).
a) Meet b) Wasn´t Met c) Met
a) Shopping b) Shop c) Was shopping
We _______ sleeping at 11pm.
a) Weren´t b)Won´t c) Wasn´t
I _______(not/know) what to say______ he asked that.
a) Wasn´t know b) Did not know c) Not know
a) When b) While c) Was

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