PAST CONTINUOUS

The past continuous (or progressive) is the tense used to express situations that occurred in the past and were in progress at any moment during a period of time.

When expressed in its affirmative form, the verb confirms that something was happening in a past period of time.

The past continuous, in its affirmative form, has this structure:Subject + was/were + [verb + -ing] + …Was/were: past simple of the verb to be.

SUBJECT WAS/WERE VERB + -ING

I was working.

You were working

He/She/It was working

We/You/They were working

The past continuous, in its negative form, has this structure:

Subject + was not/were not+ [verb + -ing]

SUBJECT WAS/WERE NOT VERB + -ING

I was not working

You were not working

He/She/It was not working

We/You/They were not working

In the interrogative form we put 'was / were' in front of the subject:

Was I listening?

Were you working?

Was she working?

Was he living in Paris at the time?

Was it snowing when you arrived?

Were we eating?