This document discusses the past continuous tense and how it is used to describe actions that were ongoing or happening repeatedly in the past. Specifically, it is used to describe an exact past time action, an interrupted action, a background action, or two or more parallel actions, as shown through the examples of "I was walking when it was raining yesterday", "She was working when I asked her to have lunch", "The sun was shining when I saw you", and "People were watching while the band was singing".

1. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
• FORM:
SUBJECT
WAS
WERE
V+ing

2. WE USE IT FOR:
• Exact past time action:
I was walking when it was raining yesterday.

3. WE USE IT FOR:
• Interrupted action:
She was working when I asked her to have
lunch.

4. WE USE IT FOR:
• Background action:
The sun was shining when I saw you.

5. WE USE IT FOR:
• Two or more parallel action:
People were watching while the band was
singing.

7. WHAT WERE THEY DOING,
WHILE IT WAS RAINING YESTERDAY?