past continuous

Question 1

I was doing something

Answer 1

I was in the middle of doing it at a certain time
(The action or situation started
before this time, but had not finished

past—–I started doing
———I was doing
past—– I finished doing

now)

(What were you doing at 10 o’clock last night?)

Question 2

he/she/it/I

Answer 2

was

Question 3

we/you/they

Answer 3

were

Question 4

I was doing vs I did

Answer 4

(= in the middle of an action)
(= complete action)

We were walking home when I met
Dan. (in the middle of walking home)

We walked home aft er the party last
night. (= all the way, completely)

Question 5

You can say that something

Answer 5

happened (past simple) in the middle of something else (past continuous)
while and when

(Matt phoned while we were having dinner.
It was raining when I got up.)

Question 6

we use the past simple to say that

Answer 6

one thing happened after another
(I was walking along the road when I saw Dan. So I stopped, and we** talked** for a while)

Question 7

When Karen arrived, we were having.
When Karen arrived, we had dinner.

Answer 7

(= we had already started before
she arrived)
(= Karen arrived, and then we had
dinner)

Question 8

The following verbs are not normally used in a continuous forms

Answer 8

like
want
need
prefer
know
realise
understand
recognise
believe
suppose
remember
mean
belong
fit
contain
consist
seem