Simple Past Tense : Unit 12, I was doing (Past Continuous)

Now it is 6:00.
Ann is t me.
She is watching television

At 4:00 she was’t t home.
She was at the health club.
She wasn’t watching television.

Was/were –ing (doing/playing/working, etc) is the past continuous tense :

Positive			Negative				Question
I he She It	was-ing		I he she it	was not (wasn’t)	-ing		was	I he she it	-ing?
We You They	were-ing		we you they	were not (weren’t)	-ing		were	we they you	-ing?

-          “What were you doing at 11:30 yesterday?”      “I was working.”

-          “What did he say?”    “I don’t know. I wasn”t listening.”

-          It was raining, so we didn’t go out.

-          In 1990 they were living in Japan.

-          Today she’s wearing a skirt, but yesterday she was wearing pants.

-          I woke up early yesterday. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining and the birds were singing.

Am/is/are –ing (present)---------> was/were –ing (past) :

-          I’m working (now).                         I was working at 10:30 last night.

-          It isn’t raining (now).                     It wasn’t raining when we went out.

-          What are you doing (now)?        What were you doing at 3 o’clock?