Question

past continuous TENS EXAMPLE

Answer 1

Answer:

Forming the Past Continuous Tense

One example of this tense is: I was watching television when she called me last night. The past continuous tense is "was watching." Another example of this tense is: We were playing football when he sprained his wrist last week. The past continuous tense is "were playing."

Answer 2

Answer:

1. You were studying when she called.

2. When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.

3. While we were having the picnic, it started to rain.

4. What were you doing when the earthquake started?

5. You were not listening to me when I told you to turn the oven off.

Explanation:

Meaning of Past Continuous Tense :

The past continuous (also called past progressive) is a verb tense which is used to show that an ongoing past action was happening at a specific moment of interruption, or that two ongoing actions were happening at the same time.