PAST CONTINUOUS exercises

1. affirmative sentences writing exercise
2. negative sentences writing exercise
3. questions writing exercise

About PAST CONTINUOUS tense

The past continuous is formed from the past tense of "to be" and the past form of to be is was/were and the base of the main verb plus the ending -ing form of the verb.

REMEMBER!! was used is for singular form and were for plural form. This tense refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. It can also be used to describe something that was happening continuously in the past when another action interrupted it.

Here are the rules: Subject + was or were + verb - with ING.

Sentences - e. g.
She was playing football yesterday.
They were eating dinner at 4 o'clock.

The past continuous is used in the negative form, to deny situations that occurred in the past and were in progress at every moment during a period of time. To use past continuous in its negative form, start with the subject, followed by was not or were not (shorter way: wasn't/weren't ) and the verb with -ing .

Here are the rules : subject + wasn't/weren't + verb with ING.

Sentences - e. g.
She wasn't sleeping last night.
They weren't watching TV.

To make questions in the Past Continuous, put was/were before the subject and add the -ing form of the verb.

Here are the rules: Was/Were + Subject + verb with ING +?

Sentences - e. g.
Was she playing football?
Were they Watching TV?

VERB PLAY in PAST CONTINUOUS

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	QUESTIONS
I	I was playing	I was not playing	Was I playing?
He, She, It	He was playing She was playing It was playing	He wasn't playing She wasn't playing It wasn't playing	Was he playing? Was she playing? Was it playing?
We, You, They	We were playing You were playing They were playing	We weren't playing You weren't playing They weren't playing	Were we playing? Were you playing? Were they playing?

VERB WATCH in PAST CONTINUOUS

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	QUESTIONS
I	I was watching	I was not watching	Was I watching?
He, She, It	He was watching She was watching It was watching	He wasn't watching She wasn't watching It wasn't watching	Was he watching? Was she watching? Was it watching?
We, You, They	We were watching You were watching They were watching	We weren't watching You weren't watching They weren't watching	Were we watching? Were you watching? Were they watching?