Past Continuous

Use Past continuous to....

• to talk about actions in the past.

• to talk about actions in progress at a certain time in the past

• to talk about completed actions.

• to talk about actions in the present

To form the Past Continuous you use:

• was/were + verb(ing)

• is / are + verb (ing)

Mary _______________ a horse, when she fell.

• rides

• is riding

• riding

• was riding

Peter and Paul ________(be/sing) in a choir last year.

_______ Timothy ___________ last week?

• Did / surfing

• Does/surfing

• Don´t/ surfing

• Was/surfing

_______ Susy and Pam (drive) to grandma´s yesterday?

Which one is correct when using a WH question

• Was he walk to school this morning?

• Were he walks to school this morning?

• Why was he walking to school this morning?

• Why were he walking to school this morning?

What is the negative form in Past Continuous?

• wasn´t / weren´t + verb(ing)

• was / were + verb(ing)

• isn´t / aren´t

• wasn´t / weren´t

Write the complete sentence in negative form :

Carlie´s song was playing on the radio.

Derek Redmond be/run the race, when he felt pain in his leg.

• was ran

• was run

• were running

• was running