Positive Negative QuestionI was doing

You were doing

He was doing

She was doing

It was doing

We were doing

You were doing

They were doing

I wasn’t doing

You weren’t doing

He wasn’t doing

She wasn’t doing

It wasn’t doing

We weren’t doing

You weren’t doing

They weren’t doing

Was I doing?

Were you doing?

Was he doing?

Was she doing?

Was it doing?

Were we doing?

Were you doing?

Were they doing?

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Past Continuous TenseExplanation and Rules

How to use Past Continuous Tense

1. We use Past Continuous Tense when an ongoing action is interrupted by another action in the past or an action that already started before a certain time/event and kept continuing after that time/event.

• I was cooking when you called me. • She was reading at book at 7 yesterday. • They were drinking co�ee when I saw them at the café. • The kids were playing in the garden at 10 this morning.

2. We use Past Continuous Tense when we tell a story to describe things happening around.

• People were drinking their co�ees, talking to each other when Emily started to read her book. • When I went outside, the sun was shining, the birds were singing beautifully and people were walking happily in the street.

3. We use Past Continuous Tense when we talk about a temporary habit in the past.

• I was always smoking during my exam times. • She was talking a lot when she was nervous. • He was eating a lot and he was wasting his time doing nothing.