Past Continuous

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I / he / she / it wasplaying	I / he / she / it was not (wasn’t) playing	WasI / he / she / it playing?
We / you / they wereplaying	We / you / they were not (weren’t) playing	Werewe / you / they playing?

The time expressions: while, when, as, all morning / evening / day / week / etc.

6. Read the text. Identify the tenses (1 - 8). Find examples of:

a) actions which happened immediately one after the other in the past

b) an action which happened in the past

c) an action which was in progress at a stated time in the past

d) an action which was in progress when another action interrupted it

e) two simultaneous actions in the past which were in progress.

We 1) reached the hotel at 11:30 last night. It 2) was rainin g heavily at the time and we were tired, so we 3) checked in and 4) went straight to our room. It was past midnight. My sister 5) was having a shower while I 6) was unpacking my suitcase. I 7) was putting my clothes in the wardrobe, when suddenly, I 8) heard someone trying to unlock our door.

Choose the correct form of the verbs in these sentences.

1. When I looked out of the window this morning, snow fell / was falling.

2. It rained / was raining all day, so we didn’t go out.

3. Many co-workers started / were starting work at 9 a. m. this morning.

4. Where did you see / were seeing this film?

5. I talked / was talking with my friend on the phone at 6 o’clock yesterday.