The Past Continuous

Now that we've learned about the simple past, let's learn about the past continuous and how to use it. The past continuous talks about an action in the past that was not finished (or interrupted).

singing

I was singing.

working

She was working at 3:00 PM.

reading

She was reading.

To form sentences in the past continuous, you need was/were followed by a verb with -ing at the end. Take a look at the following table to learn how to construct sentences in the past continuous:

Affirmative Statements


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