UNIT 4 HOME
Grammar: Past Continuous Tense
Forming the Past continuous
The past continuous of any verb is composed of two parts: the past tense of the verb to be (was/were), and the base of the main verb + ing.
For example: to play
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I was playing | I was not playing | Was I playing? |
| You were playing | You were not playing | Were you playing? |
| He was playing | He wasn’t playing | Was he playing? |
| We were playing | We weren’t playing | Were we playing? |
| They were playing | They weren’t playing | Were they playing? |