How to use the Past Continuous:
I He She It |
was |
sitting
eating
walking |
_______________ |
You We They |
were |
reading
talking
watching |
_______________ |
Making the Past Continuous : use "to be" in the past (was/were) + verb + ing ending. (present participle)
Past Continuous - Examples:
1. Yesterday at 4 o'clock I was watching football.
2. Last week at this time we were visiting our friends.
3. Last night she was writing a letter to her mother.
4. Yesterday he was working.
(All these things took quite a long time.)