PAST PROGRESSIVE

 INFORMATION:

The past continuous (also called past progressive) is a verb tense which is used to show that an ongoing past action was happening at a specific moment of interruption, or that two ongoing actions were happening at the same time. 


The past continuous is formed using was/were + present participle. Questions are indicated by inverting the subject and was/were. Negatives are made with not.

  • Affirmative: You were studying when she called.
  • Question: Were you studying when she called?
  • Negative: You were not studying when she called.
Examples:

  • I was watching TV when she called.
  • When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.
  • While we were having the picnic, it started to rain.
  • What were you doing when the earthquake started?
  • I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm.
  • You were not listening to me when I told you to turn the oven off.
  • While John was sleeping last night, someone stole his car.
  • Sammy was waiting for us when we got off the plane.
  • While I was writing the email, the computer suddenly went off.
  • A: What were you doing when you broke your leg?
    B: I was snowboarding.

more information:
https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.html
grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/past_progressive.htm


exercises in:
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises
https://agendaweb.org/verbs/past_progressive-exercises.html
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-continuous-exercise-1.html

video:
https://youtu.be/iS2hUwGWwkU

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