PAST CONTINUOUS

 Action in the past that takes time

STRUCTURE:

Was / Were + verb (ing)

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES: 

           §      I was listening to music when the pone rang.                                                                                    §      You were reading a book while the teacher were speaking.                                                              §      He was studying  for the test while his sister  was playing voleyball.

• While: after this comes past continuous.
• When: after this comes past simple.

NEGATIVE SENTENCES:

          §      Michael wasn´t writing a book when his girl friend called.

          §      My relatives weren´t eating  in the car while the babies were runing on the Street.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWER:

• §      Was he a paying attention to the class?

           Yes, he was paying attention to the class.

           No, he was writing in the notebook.