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