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Singular |
Plural |
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1st person |
I was + verb+ -ing |
we + were + verb +-ing |
2nd person |
you were + verb + -ing |
you + were + verb +-ing |
3rd person |
he, she, it was + verb +-ing |
they + were + verb +-ing |
Past Continuous is used to express something that was happening in the past.
Contexts |
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| 1) When something interrupts something else happening in the past. | 2) When something happened for a certain amount of time in the past. |
| Example: I was sleeping when the alarm went off. | Example: I was sleeping for the whole ride. |
1) I was cleaning my house when the earthquake happened.
2) The afternoon soccer match was happening when Kyle won the lottery.
3) The Beatles' White album was playing when I took a break.
4) What were you doing when I knocked on your door?
5) Why were you fixing the table if it wasn't broken?
6) I am sure James is completely bald now, because he was going bald when I saw him five years ago.
7) I was thinking about going to Spain for the whole summer.
8) I was riding my bicycle home when the birthday party ended.
9) We were having coffee when the new century arrived.
10) The children were living in France when their grandmother died.
11) Kyle and Paola were traveling through Argentina on 9-11.
12) What were you doing in your room all day?
13) What were you doing with your bicycle when I saw you?
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