Grammar - Past continuous Tense

Past continuous tense - use


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.

Past continuous tense - form

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.