It is used to express a continued or ongoing action in past, an ongoing action which occurred in past and completed at some point in past.
Affirmative Sentences
Rule 1: Subject (Single number/third person/He,She,It) + was + (1st Form of Verb + ing) + Object (See Examples 1,5)Rule 2: Subject (Plural number/You,We,They) + were + (1st Form of Verb + ing) + Object (See Examples 2,3,4)
Examples:
1. I was reading my book.
2. They were playing football.
3. We were learning our lesson.
4. You were calling my servant.
5. She was singing a sweet song.
Negative Sentences
Rule 1: Subject (Single number/third person/Plural number) + was/were + not + (1st Form of Verb + ing) + Object Examples:
1. I was not going to London.
2. She was not playing with her doll.
3. The cow was not grazing grass.
4. They were not going to market.
Interrogative Sentences
Rule 1: Was/Were + Subject (Single number/third person/Plural number) + (1st Form of Verb + ing) + Object (See Examples 1,2,4)
Rule 2: when/why/what/where + was/were + Subject + (1st Form of Verb + ing) + Object (See Example 6,7)
Rule 3: how much/how many/whose/which also used with their related nouns.(See Examples 5)
Rule 4: If any interrogative word works like a subject then write it first then carry on with was/were + (1st form of verb + ing) (See Example 8)
Rule 5: Interrogative negative sentences are just like Interrogative affirmative sentences with only use of not after the subject.
Was/Were + subject + not + (1st form of verb + ing)
(See example 3,6)
Rule 6: Must put Question Mark (?) at the end of a sentence.
Examples:
1. Were we going to the market?
2. Was John abusing his servant?
3. Were those boys not making a noise?
4. Was I not going with you?
5. How many boys were playing in the field?
6. Why was the farmer not ploughing his field?
7. What was he doing in the room?
8. Who was weeping in the class?
Recommended Worksheet: Past Continuous Tense worksheet
Tenses - English to English Translation
Simple Tense
Continuous Tense
Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Perfect Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Perfect Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Tenses - Hindi to English Translation
Simple Tense
Simple Tense
Past Simple(Indefinite) Tense
Perfect Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Direct and Indirect Narration
Continuous Tense
Perfect Tense
Future Perfect TensePerfect Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Direct and Indirect Narration
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