Past Continuous

The past continous is formed by the past tense of the verb to be + Participle I

The past continuous is used for past actions which continued for some time, but whose exact limits are not known and are not important.

e.g. He was reading a book when I came home.

The past continuous is used to express an action going on at a given period of time in the past.

e.g. They were cleaning the basement from 7:00 till 9:00 yesterday.

 

Affirmative                                    Interrogative                                 Negative

I was playing                                 Was I playing?                         I was not(wasn’t) playing

You were playing                        Were you playing?                  You were not(weren’t)playing

He/she/it was playing                Was he playing?                      He was not (wasn’t) playing

We were playing                         Were we playing?                  We were not(weren’t)playing

You were playing                        Were you playing?                  You were not(weren’t)playing

They were playing                      Were they playing?               They were not(weren’t) playing