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 an -ing verb.
• Subject
• Auxiliary
• Verb (-ing)
• Rest of sentence
• I / He / She
• was
• cooking
• dinner.
• You / We / They
• were
• watching
• a film.
• 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
• She was reading a book in her Boston apartment.
• They were sleeping when the storm started.
• What were you doing at eight o'clock yesterday?
• Common mistakes
• She were cooking dinner.
• She was cooking dinner.
• They was watching a film.
• They were watching a film.

Complete the sentences

• When the lights went out, I (cook) ____ dinner in the kitchen.
• Mark and Sarah (watch) ____ a film on TV.
• At ten last night, she (take) ____ a bath upstairs.
• We (get) ____ stuck in the elevator in Chicago.
• The heavy storm (happen) ____ while David was driving.
• They (sit) ____ in the dark living room.

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