There is this past tense which tells us that something was going on at a certain moment in the past.: The Past Continuous.
The past continuous is used:
1. To describe a continuing unfinished action in the pas.
example: Whenever I visited him, he was working in his garden.
2. When a continuing unfinished action is interrupted by a sudden past action.
example:
a. While I was getting ready for bed, the doorbell rang.
b. He wasn't playing a game while he did homework.
1. Example: We were watching a film when the neighbour knocked on the door.
In this sentence two things happened, namely:
-The first action that was going on: we were watching a film
- and the second action that happened suddenly.: the neighbour knocked on the door.
2. Example: he was eating his bread while he watched TV.
This example shows that there were two actions happening at the same time.
This example implies that the second action eating his bread was happening while doing the other action, watching TV.
This past continuous also stresses something that you were doing.
Example: They were dancing at the party for hours.
spelling rules:
a verb ends in a consonant + -e, it is replaced by -ing:
example: to believe becomes believing.
a verb ends in a short vowel (klinker) sound + consonant, the consonant doubles.
example: to get becomes getting.
A verb has more syllables and ends in -l
example: to control, becomes controlling., -ling is added.
The past continuous can be recognized by the words: when and while.
They indicate that two actions were happening:
1. One was going on when the other suddenly happened.
2. Two actions happening at the same time.
If you had 7 points or more, you may go further with the difficult exercises. Otherwise you may watch the "kennisclip".
kennisclip past continuous https://youtu.be/bYuCa7lU1fI