English Grammar : The Past Continuous Tense

Learn Grammar | English Grammar : The Past Continuous Tense | 1. We form past continuous by using was or were with the-ing form of the verb. 

	Positive	Negative
Singular	I/She/He/It was working	Was not (wasn’t )working
Plural	We/You/They were working	Were not (weren’t ) working

Questions	Short answer
Was I/She/he/it working ?	Yes, I/She/He/it was	No, I/She/he/it was not
Were we /you/they working?	Yes,we/you/they were	Yes,we/you/they were not

2. We use past continuous tense :
To talk about a specific moment in the past

example :
1. One night, It was raining in the past.
2. Snow White was growing prettier and prettier.

To talk about an action which was in the middle of happening when another action happened.

examples :
1. Cinderella and Prince Charming were dancing when the clock struck 12.
2. When Maurice entered the castle, it was raining very hard.

Sometime we use when/while with past continuous

examples :
1. When Snow white was sleeping on the small beds, the dwarves came home.
2. The dwarves came home while snow white was sleeping on one of the small beds.
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