PAST
CONTINUOUS
STATEMENTS

HEN WE USE PAS
CONTINUOUS?
We use past continuous to express actions that
were happening in the past in a specific period of
time.

I was washing the car yesterday at 4:00
pm
Sarah was sleeping last night at
midnight.
They were dancing salsa today in the
morning.
ejemplos:

GRAMMAR PATTERNS
I WAS
YOU WERE
HE WAS
SHE WAS + VERB ING-FORM-COMPLEMENT
IT WAS
THEY WERE
WE WERE

NEGATIVE FORM
I was+not or wasn't watching TV, yesterday
morning.
They were not or weren't reading a book last night
at 10:00 pm
Livia was not or wasn't working yesterday at 5:00
pm
the dog was not or wasn't barking last night at
11:00 pm
you were not or weren't studying for your test last
night at midnight.

INTERROGATIVE FORM
WERE YOU.......VERB-
ING+COMPLEMENT?
WAS SHE+VERB-ING+COMPLEMENT?
WERE THEY DRIVING A SPORTS CAR
LAST NIGHT AT 7:00 PM?
WAS HE WASHING HIS CLOTHES
YESTERDAY MORNING?

What were they doing last night at 10:00 pm?