This document discusses the past progressive tense in English. It provides examples of sentences using the past progressive to describe actions that were ongoing or happening at a specific time in the past. It also notes how the past progressive can be used to describe two simultaneous past actions or an ongoing action that was interrupted by another past action. Time expressions like "as" and "while" can be used with the past progressive. Questions using the past progressive are also demonstrated.

2. 1 2 3 4
Subject be
was/were
verb + ing rest of the
sentence
He was playing the piano at 5
o’clock
yesterday.

3.  We use the Past Progressive to
describe an action that was taking
place for some time or at specific
time in the past.
In the 15th
century, the Spanish
were exploring the world.

4.  for two things happening at
the same time in the past
He was playing computer games
while she was watching TV.

5.  the action in the past (Past
Progressive) that is
interrupted by another
action (Past Simple)
He was watching TV when Tom
arrived.

6. Time Expressions:
As, while=....
I was watching TV while my
brother was doing his homework.

7. 1 2 3 4
Subject be
was/were
verb + ing rest of the
sentence
He was playing the piano at 5
o’clock
yesterday.

8. was were
I, he, she, it, we, you, they,
She was walking her
dog at 2 o’clock
yesterday.
We were playing
cards the whole
evening.

9. 1 2 3 4
Be
Was/were
Subject verb + ing rest of the
sentence
Were you helping your mom
when I called
you yesterday?
Yes, I was.
No, I wasn’t.

10. 1 2 3 4 5
Wh-
question
word
Be
Was/were
Subject verb +
ing
rest of the
sentence
What was he doing while his
friends were
looking for
him?

11. 1 2 3 4 5
Subject be
was/were
not verb + ing rest of the
sentence
He was not playing the piano at
5 o’clock
yesterday.