We use the past continuous to indicate that someone was doing something in the past or that something was going on at a certain moment in the past.
We form the past continuous by using the past tense of 'to be': was/were + infinitive + - ing
Examples:
Ook in vraagzinnen en ontkennende zinnen kun je de past continuous gebruiken:
| Vraagzin | Ontkenning | |
|---|---|---|
| I was working. | Was I working? | I wasn't working. |
| You were working. | Were you working? | You weren't working. |
| He was working. | Was he working? | He wasn't working. |
| We were working. | Were we working? | We weren't working. |
| They were working. | Were they working? | They weren't working. |