PAST CONTINUES TENSE

Use past continues tense to express continuing actions in the past (Past

Continues tense’i geçmişte devam eden olaylar için kullanırız.)

George was studying lesson last night.(George dün akşam ders çalışıyordu)

GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT

Find was-were and -ing forms in the following context.

George was very tired last night. He helped to his father all day in the

 forest. They were cleaning the shrub all day long. While his father was working, he

was sightseeing sometimes.At the lunch break, his father wanted him to get food.

He went home and his mother prepared the meal. He was playing computer games,

 while his mother was preparing meal. George take the meal to his father and they

worked all day long.

The answer is below

George was very tired last night. He helped to his father all day in the forest. They were cleaning

the shrub all day long. While his father was working,

he was sightseeing sometimes.At lunch break, his

father wanted him to get food. He went home and his mother prepared the meal. He

was playing computer

games, while his mother was preparing

meal. George take the meal to his father and they worked all day long.

Now let’s look at these sentences

–They were cleaning the shrub all day long.

–His father was working

–He was sightseeing

–He was playing computer games.

–His mother was preparing meal.

NOW LET’S LOOK AT THE CHART BELOW

Making questions is very easy

I was playing guitar last night.

x

Was I playing guitar last night?

We replace subject and was-were