The document discusses the past progressive tense, also known as the past continuous tense. It describes how to form affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in the past progressive tense using the verbs "to be" and the main verb with "-ing." Examples are provided to illustrate sentence structure and conjugations for different subjects. An exercise at the end prompts the reader to practice forming their own sentences in the past progressive tense.

1. The past progressive Tense

2. past progressive and its usage:
1) To express an activity that was happening at a special time in the past.
1) To express an activity that was happening at a special time in the past.

3. Affirmative statement
To make an Affirmative past progressive statement, simply follow this pattern:
Subject+verb to be(was, were)+main verb in base form+ing

4. •
•I /He/she/it was playing football.
•We/you/they were playing football.

5. Negative statement
To make a negative past progressive statement, simply follow the following pattern:
Subject+verb to be(was, were)+not+main verb in base form+ing
•I/He/she/it was not playing football.
•We/you/they were not playing football.
We use short forms in the Past Progressive in negative sentences:
I/he/she/it wasn't playing football.
We/you/they weren't playing football.

6. Question
To make a question in the present progressive, simply follow the following pattern:
was, were/+subject+main verb in base form+ing
•Was I/he/she/it playing football?
•Were we/you/they playing football?

7. Present progressive form
Affirmative
I was taking a shower
Negative
Question
I was n’t taking a shower Was I taking a shower?
you were running home
you weren’t running
home
Were you running
home?
She was reading a
magazine.
She wasn’t reading a
magazine.
Was She reading a
magazine?
We were playing a
computer game
We weren’t playing a
computer game
Were we playing a
computer game?
He was writing a letter
He wasn’t writing a letter Was he writing a letter?

8. Exercise:
Make sentences in present progressive tense.
Affirmative
Negative
Kathy was dancing with
Bob
Question
Kathy wasn’t dancing
with Bob
He wasn’t telling a jokes Was he telling jokes?
Were we visiting the
farm
We were visiting a farm
They were answering
the phone
They weren’t answering
the phone