A. USE
1. The Past Continuous is used to express continuous actions
occurring in the past.
Past Continuous geçmişte zamanın belirli bir anında devam etmekte olan eylemleri
ve
olayları ifade etmek için kullanılır.
I
was watching
TV at home last night.
They
were playing football yesterday afternoon.
2.
The Past Continuous tense is frequently used to refer to an ongoing action which
was taking place when something else occurred in the past.
Geçmişte devam etmekte olan bir olay esnasında başka bir eylem gerçekleşirse ve bu olaylar "when" ile kurulmuşsa
simple past ve past continuous tense birlikte ifade edilir.
My father
was watching
TV when I arrived at home.
He
was reading
book while she
was washing
the dishes.
B. STRUCTURE
Positive Structure:
| I | was | ||
| You | were | ||
| He | was | ||
| She | was | working. | |
| It | was | ||
| We | were | ||
| They | were |
Negative Structure:
| I | ||
| You | ||
| He | wasn't | |
| She | was not | working. |
| It | ||
| We | ||
| They |
Question structure:
| I | |||
| You | |||
| Was | He | ||
| Wasn't | She | working? | |
| It | |||
| We | |||
| They |