Past continuous
Past continuous
Use:
- Past tense
- Indicate something has been going on for a while in the past
- Indicate order of multiple actions at once in the past
- Indicate one action interrupted another in the past, usually this combines the past continuous with the past simple
- Signal words: when, while, all of a sudden, at the same time
Example:´: I was playing a game when my brother walked in my room
Form:
Past continuous always consits of:
was/were + infinitive + -ing
- If the infinitve ends with an -e, replace the -e with -ing: ´Dancing(dance), becoming(become), whistling(whistle)
- If the infintive ends with a consonant, double the final consonant: hitting(hit), sitting(sit)
- if the infinitive ends with -ie, replace the -ie with -y: Dying(die), lying(lie)