Past Continuous

• We use the past continuous to talk about actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past. We form it with was or were and the -ing form of the verb.
• Subject
• Auxiliary
• Verb -ing
• Rest of sentence
• I / He / She / It
• was
• working
• in the Seattle office.
• You / We / They
• were
• testing
• the app features.
• Remember
• Use was with I, he, she, and it.
• Use were with you, we, and they.
• Add -ing to the main verb.
• Use it for actions happening at a specific moment in the past.
• Examples
• I was designing the sign-up form at 3 PM yesterday.
• They were working late in the London studio.
• Was the laptop battery failing during the call?
• Common mistakes
• She were saving the file.
• She was saving the file.
• We was using the cloud.
• We were using the cloud.

Complete the sentences

• At 4 PM yesterday, I (design) ____ the new web layout in Austin.
• While David (work) ____ , the software crashed in Boston.
• What (they / do) ____ when the power cut happened in Chicago?
• We (not test) ____ the app features in Seattle.
• Sarah (restore) ____ the backup in the Denver agency.
• Why (you / panic) ____ during the meeting in New York?

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