World 1: Forest - Past continuous

Past continuous

The past continuous is used when:

 

The past continuous must be made by following two steps.

Step 1: Use the verb "to be" in in its past form. This indicates that the tense occurs in the past.

- I was

- You were

- He/she/it was

- We were

- They were

Step 2: Combine the past tense of "to be" (was/were) + the infinitive (hele werkwoord) + ing

Examples of the past continuous:

The police was investigating the murder case yesterday.

Ellen and Kim were making lunch for the whole family.

Janet was listening to a rap song.

We were playing a game of chess.