The Past Continuous

Past Continuous
Use the Past Continuous to describe an action happening at a certain time in the past.
We were looking at photos.
What were you doing at 5 o’clock yesterday?
Ving
to be
were
was

was/were + Ving
to be
spelling -ing

was/were + Ving.
was/were + not +Ving.
Was/Were Ving ?
?
Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.
example

What was she doing?
What was he doing?
What was he doing?
What were they doing?
was/were+Ving
She was running along the sea.
He was fishing.
He was riding his bike.
They were making a cake.

to listen to music
to play soccer
to watch TV
to paint a picture
What were they doing at 2 o’clock yesterday?
Then make some negative sentences.
Tom
Sally
John
Max
Ann
e.g. Tom and Max were playing soccer. But they weren’t watching TV.

Make up sentences using these verbs what you were doing or weren’t doing at 7 o’clock yesterday.
e.g. I was playing the piano. or I wasn’t playing volleyball.

Mum was reading a newspaper.
Dad was doing the washing-up.
The boys were singing Christmas carols.
Granny was sitting on the sofa.
Granddad was sleeping.
The girl was opening the presents.
It was snowing outside.
Everyone was staying at home.
to read a newspaper
to do the washing-up
to sing Christmas carols
to sit on the sofa
to sleep
to open the presents
to snow outside
to stay at home
What were they doing at 9 o’clock yesterday?

were visiting
was making
was riding
was reading