Past Continuous
by Vanesa Ivanova
1. Formation
2. was/were+verb+ing Examples: was/were playing was/were reading
3. Verbs with e ending
4. Remove e before adding ing Examples: make-was/were making shake-was/were shaking
5. Verbs with one vowel before the final consonant
6. Double the final consonant before adding ing Examples: run-was/were running sit-was/were sitting
7. "For something that went on for some time "
8. Example: The boys were playing football. She was reading was book.
9. For something else that happened at the same time
10. Example: The boys were playing football when began to rain.