What is the affirmative structure of the Past Continuous tense?
S + was/were + V-ing
Give two signal words that are commonly used with the Past Continuous tense.
At that time yesterday / While / When / At 7 p.m. yesterday/...
Complete the sentence: “At 8 p.m. last night, the children ______ (not talk).”
weren't (were not) talking
When do we use “was” and when do we use “were” in the Past Continuous tense?
Use “was” for I/he/she/it and “were” for you/we/they.
When do we use the Past Continuous tense? Give one use.
To describe an action in progress at a specific past time / Two actions happening at the same time / An action interrupted by another
Use the words: “Tom / swim / at / time yesterday” — Make a Past Continuous question.
Was Tom swimming at that/this time yesterday?
