PAST CONTINUOUS

The Past Continuous Tense is formed by the verb To Be in the past + a verb in the ING form:

AFFIRMATIVE FORM NEGATIVE FORM INTERROGATIVE FORM SHORT ANSWER

I was woking I wasn’t working Was I working? Yes, I was.

No, I wasn’t.

You were working You weren’t working Were you working? Yes, I was.

No, I wasn’t.

He was working He wasn’t working Was he working? Yes, he was.

No, he wasn’t.

She was working She wasn’t working Was she working? Yes, she was.

No, she wasn’t.

It was working It wasn’t working Was it working? Yes, it was.

No, it wasn’t.

We were working We weren’t working Were we working? Yes, we were.

No, we weren’t.

You were working You weren’t working Were you working? Yes, we were.

No, we weren’t.

They were working They weren’t working Were they working? Yes, they were.

No, they weren’t.

What – o que, qual

Where – onde

When – quando

Who – quem

What time – que horas

Why – por que

What were you doing yesterday? I was playing volleyball.

Where were you playing volleyball? I was playing volleyball at the club.

When were you playing volleyball? I was playing volleyball in the afternoon.

Who were you playing volleyball with? I was playing volleyball with my friends.

What time were you and your friends

playing volleyball?

We were playing volleyball at 4 p.m.

Why were you playing volleyball? We were playing volleyball because we’ll

have a competition next Saturday.

ING RULES

1) Verbs ending in E- drop the E and add ING:

take » taking

make » making

organize » organizing

write » writing

live » living

give » giving

2) Verbs ended in CVC (consonant + vowel + consonant), double the last consonant and

add ING:

get » getting

run » running

set » setting

stop » stopping

jog » jogging

3) Verbs ended in IE, change the IE by Y and add ING:

lie » lying die » dying

4) Other verbs, add ING.