1. The Past Continuous
The detective was investigating at 6
o’clock yesterday

2. The Past Continuous
AFFIRMATIVE: Play
The plumber was
repairing the pipes
I was
You
We were playing
They
He
She was
It

3. The Past Continuous
NEGATIVE: Play
was not The women weren’t
eating.
I wasn’t
You were
We not
playin
They weren’t
g
He was not
She wasn’t
It

4. The Past Continuous
INTERROGATIVE: Play
What was the drummer
doing? He was playing
was I the drums
you
(WH-) were we
playing?
they
he
was she
it

5. Uses
1-To describe a past action over a period
of time
"What were they doing yesterday at 10 0’clock?"
"They were singing all day.

6. 2-To say that somebody was in the middle of
doing something at a certain time.
This time last week I was playing the guitar

7. 3-Past simple and past continuous are used
together when something happened in the
middle of something else
He ate a pizza while he was working.

8. The Past Continuous
Time expressions:
While, as, when.
While we were playing basketball,
it started to rain