The Past Continuous Tense

LEARN AMERICAN ENGLISH ONLINE | YELLOW LEVEL

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Complete Lessons in Order:

1	Questions with Did (past tense)
2	Have - Present & Past Tense
3	Present Perfect Tense
4	Present Perfect Tense - Negative
5	Present Perfect Tense - Questions
6	The Comparative Form
7	The Superlative Form
8	Past Continuous Tense
9	Past vs. The Past Continuous
10	Modal Verbs
11	Idiomatic Modal Verbs
12	Perfect Modals
13	Present Perfect Continuous Tense
14	Perfect Modals Continuous
15	Past Perfect Tense
16	Direct and Indirect Quotations
17	Present & Past Perfect Continuous
18	Prepositional Phrases
19	Future Continuous Tense
20	Height and Weight

These are my online students.

Jo Jo -- Taiwan

Meklete -- Germany

Omar -- Algeria

Julia -- Ukraine

Peshraw -- Iraq

Lesson Eight

The Past Continuous Tense

S + (be) + _____ing

The verb "be" is in the past tense: was or were

examples:
I was relaxing outside when this picture was taken
You were sitting in the classroom when this picture was taken.
He was shaving this morning when he cut himself.
She was spinning around and around before she fell down.
This elephant was out looking for food yesterday.
We were talking together last week. (Now we're in two separate locations.)	you + I = we
You were thinking about taking another English class this year.
They were riding on a big seven-person bicycle last week.

Next: Lesson Nine