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Past Progressive/Continuous Positive Statements: Form: Subject + was/were + verb + -ing subject I/He/She/It You/We/They was/were was were verb + -ing eating watching … dinner at 6:00. TV at home. Negative Statements: Form: Subject + was/were + not + verb + -ing subject I/He/She/It You/We/They was/were was were not not (wasn’t) not (weren’t) verb + -ing eating watching … dinner at 6:00. TV at home. Yes/No Questions: Form: Was/Were + subject + verb + -ing Was/Were subject verb + -ing Was I/he/she/it eating Were you/we/they watching … dinner at 6:00? TV at school? Short Answers Yes, I/he/she/it was. No, you/we/they weren’t. Wh- Questions: Form: Wh- word + was/were + subject + verb + -ing Whword Who What Where When Why How was/were subject was I/he/she/it were verb + -ing … talking to (my friend)? Short Answers you/we/they Green River Community College – ESOL Program – Level 4 AL Meanings: Use the past progressive tense to… 1) Talk about activities that were in progress at a specific time in the past. The activity had started before that specific time, but had not finished. Examples: We were eating at the restaurant at 6:30. (started at 6 and ended at 7) 2) Talk about two or more activities that were happening at the same time in the past. Examples: KC was listening to music and David was painting a picture. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While vs When (past progressive vs. simple past) While + long action = past progressive (While I was cooking dinner, my friend called) When + short action = past tense (When my friend called, I was cooking dinner.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don’t use these verbs with past progressive: believe, belong, depend, hate, know, like, love, mean, need, prefer, realize, suppose, want, understand Green River Community College – ESOL Program – Level 4 AL