Past continuous: Simple English Videos

The past continuous is formed by ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   .

• was/were
• a verb in -ing form
• a verb in infinitive
• am/is/are
• did

The answer to Vicky's question is:

• because had is a stative verb

• because they don't want to

The answer to Jay's question is:

• To make stories more interesting

• To mess with English learners

According to Jay and Vicky, two reasons why we use the past continuous are:

• To name the events in a story.

• To set the scene and give background.

• To give reasons and context to why something happened.

• To name the events of a story in chronological order.

We use the past continuous for ​ (a)   or ​ (b)   actions in the past that happened ​ (c)   .

• long
• repeated
• simultaneously

We use the ___ for the long action and the ___ for the short action.

• past simple / past continuous

• Past continuous / past continuous

• past simple / past simple

• Past continuous / past simple

We can use ​ (a)   with the past continuous and the past simple.

• when
• While

We can only use while with the ​ (a)   .

• past continuous
• past simple