THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

How can we make the past continuous? Firstly, check that you know how to make the past simple with 'be' (subject + was / were). Then just add verb-ing.
Click here to study the use of the past continuous tense.

Here's the positive form:

I was sleeping

You were working

He was coming

She was reading 'War and Peace'

It was raining

We were shopping

They were watching a film

Next, here's the negative - it's very easy, just add 'not':

I was not (wasn't) sleeping

You were not (weren't) working

He was not (wasn't) coming

She was not (wasn't) reading 'War and Peace'

It was not (wasn't) raining

We were not (weren't) shopping

They were not (weren't) watching a film

And, just like the past simple with 'be', to make a 'yes / no' question, put 'was / were' in front of the subject:

Was I listening?

Were you working?

Was she working?

Was he living in Paris at the time?

Was it snowing when you arrived?

Were we eating?

Were they studying?

To make a 'wh' question (of course) put the question word at the beginning:

Why was I working?

Where were you living?

How was she travelling?

Where was he going?

Why was it snowing in the summer?

What were we eating?

Why were they studying?