Understanding the Past Continuous Tense

This lesson covers the past continuous tense, explaining its use to describe actions in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples and instructions on forming affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. The lesson concludes with practice questions to reinforce understanding.

What is the primary use of the past continuous tense?

• To describe actions in progress at a specific time in the past

• To describe future actions

• To describe completed actions

• To describe habitual actions

Which sentence correctly uses the past continuous tense?

• She was cook dinner when he arrived.

• She cooks dinner when he arrived.

• She was cooking dinner when he arrived.

• She cooked dinner when he arrived.

How is the past continuous tense used in relation to a specific time?

• To describe actions that will happen at a specific time

• To describe actions that never happened

• To describe actions that started and ended at a specific time

• To describe actions that were in progress at a specific time

Which of the following sentences shows an action that continued for some time?

• He laughs.

• He will laugh.

• He laughed.

• He was laughing.

What does the past continuous tense indicate when used with 'always'?

• An action that never happened

• A future event

• A habitual action

• A one-time event

Which sentence uses a verb that shows change in the past continuous tense?

• He was losing his hair.

• He was eating dinner.

• He was reading a book.

• He was running fast.

How do you form the past continuous tense?

• Subject + will + verb

• Subject + was/were + verb + ing

• Subject + has/have + verb

• Subject + had + verb

Which of the following is the correct negative form of the past continuous tense?

• She doesn't listen.

• She wasn't listening.

• She not listening.

• She don't listen.

How do you form a question in the past continuous tense?

• Has/Have + subject + verb

• Did + subject + verb

• Do/Does + subject + verb

• Was/Were + subject + verb + ing

What were you doing yesterday when I called you?

• I was sleeping.

• I slept.

• I sleep.

• I will sleep.