Past Continuous

Past Continuous

 

Use: when something was going on for a while in the past. It is important that it took a while, or was going on when something else happened.

Form: Was/Were + Verb-ing

 

I was walking when I saw the deer.                      Q: Was I walking when I saw the deer ?      

                                                                           N: I was not (wasn’t) walking when i saw the deer.

Remember! When a verb ends with a –e, drop it when you add –ing:

I cycle – I was cycling

the Past Continuous