Past Continuous

Use the past continuous to talk about an action _______ in the ___________

• in progress - present

• in progress - past

What action was in progress in the past?

• I studied last night.

• I was studying last night.

Answer:

What were you doing last night at 10:00pm?

• I was watching a serie last night at 10:00 pm.

• Yesterday, I was sitting in my office.

Look at the picture and answer the questions:

What was she doing yesterday? Yesterday, ___

Look at the picture and answer the question:

What was he doing in the morning? In the morning, ____

Look at the picture and answer the question:

what were they doing at noon? At noon, _____

What was she doing when the phone rang?

• she was cooking

• she was exercising

• she was singing

What were they doing while they were eating?

• While they were eating, they were talking.

• While they were eating, they were listening to the class.

What was she doing when her coworker interrupted?

• She wanted to say something.

• She was talking on the phone.

• She had a question.

What were you doing before the class started?

Before the class started, I was__