PAST CONTINUOUS AFFIRMATIVE : ( Subject + was / were + ...ing)

PAST CONTINUOUS
AFFIRMATIVE : ( Subject + was / were + ...ing)
I was eating
Yo estaba comiendo
You were eating
Tú estabas comiendo
He was eating
Él estaba comiendo
She was eating
Ella estaba comiendo
It was eating
Él /ella estaba comiendo
We were eating
Nosotros,-as estábamos comiendo
You were eating
Vosotros, -as estabais comiendo
They were eating
Ellos, -as estaban comiendo
NEGATIVE : (Subject + was not / wasn't + ...ing)
LONG FORM
SHORT FORM
I was not eating
I wasn't eating
You were not eating
You weren't eating
He was not eating
He wasn't eating
She was not eating
She wasn't eating
It was not eating
It wasn't eating
We were not eating
We weren't eating
You were not eating
You weren't eating
They were not eating
They weren't eating
INTERROGATIVE : (Was / were + subject + ...ing?)
Was I eating?
Were you eating?
Was he eating?
Was she eating?
Was it eating?
Were we eating?
Were you eating?
Were they eating?
Uses:
*To describe an activity in progress at a specific time in the past
Yesterday I was having lunch at one o'clock
*To give a description or to narrate a story in the past
Last Saturday it was cold and it was raining.
* To talk about two activities that happened at the same time in the past.
I was studying while my mother was cleaning the house
PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PAST CONTINUOUS
am / is / are + ...ing (present)
was / were + ...-ing (past)
* I'm working (now)
* I was working at 10.30 last night
* It isn't raining ( now)
* It wasn't raining when you went out
*What are you doing (now)?
* What were you doing at three o'clock?