Past Continuous

Август 1, 2022

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2. Definition The past continuous tense is a tense which describes continuous events that happened in the
3. FORM
4. I He/She Was+V-ing It We You Were+V-ing They I was camping when I got stung by
6. Use The past continuous tense is most often used for actions happening at some time in
7. Interrupted Action in the Past The past continuous is very often used with the past simple
8. Parallel Actions When you use the Past Continuous with two actions in the same sentence, it
9. More uses to express a change of mind: "I was going to spend the day at
10. TIME EXPRESSIONS COMMONLY USED WITH THE PAST CONTINUOUS: As we were playing, it started to rain.
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Definition
The past continuous tense is a tense which describes continuous events

that happened in the past.
Examples:
It was raining yesterday.
Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner.

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FORM

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I
He/She Was+V-ing
It
We
You Were+V-ing
They
I was camping when I got stung by a bee
While we were having the

picnic, it started to rain.

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Use
The past continuous tense is most often used for actions happening

at some time in the past.
Examples:
Sorry, I wasn't listening. Can you say it again please?
What were you doing at 8 o'clock yesterday?

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Interrupted Action in the Past
The past continuous is very often used

with the past simple to say that something happened in the middle of something else.
Examples:
You phoned while I was having a bath.
What were you doing when the lights went off last night?

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Parallel Actions
When you use the Past Continuous with two actions in

the same sentence, it expresses the idea that both actions were happening at the same time. The actions are parallel.
Examples:
I was studying while she was making dinner.
Thomas wasn't working, and I wasn't working either.

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More uses
to express a change of mind:
"I was going to spend the

day at the beach but I've decided to get my homework done instead"
with 'wonder', to make a polite request:
"I was wondering if you could baby-sit for me tonight."

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TIME EXPRESSIONS COMMONLY USED WITH THE PAST CONTINUOUS:
As we were playing, it

started to rain. While we were playing, it started to snow. This time yesterday we were playing basketball. All last night they were traveling through Anatolia. We were having dinner between seven and eight yesterday evening. It was raining at noon yesterday. I was not visiting the museum at ten yesterday. I was visiting the castle then. NOTE: While/as can be used with Simple Past tense. As/while he shaved he thought about the coming interview.