Essential Grammar in Use(Third Edition)--Past Unit13

I was doing (past continuous 过去进行时）

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A

It's 6 o'clock now.

Paul is at home.

He is watching television.

 

At 4 o'clock he wasn't at home.

He was at the sports club.

 

He was swimming in the pool.

He wasn't watching television.

B

was / were + -ing is the past continuous:

positive 

I  he she  it	was	doing  watching  playing  swimming  living                  etc.
we you  they	were

negative 

I  he  she  it	was not  (wasn't)	doing  watching playing  swimming  living                 etc.
we you they	were not  (weren't)

question 

was	I  he  she  it	doing?  watching? playing? swimming? living?                etc.
were	we you they

 

• What were you doing at 11.30 yesterday?    Were you working?
• What did he say?    I don't know. I wasn't listening.
• It was raining, so we didn't go out.
• In 2001 we were living in Canada.
• Today she's wearing a skirt, but yesterday she was wearing trousers.
• I woke up early yesterday. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining and the birds were singing.

Spelling (live  living / run  running / lie  lying etc.)

C 

am / is / are + -ing (present)  was / were + -ing (past):

present

• I'm working (now).
• It isn't raining (now).
• What are you doing (now)?

past

• I was working at 10.30 last night.
• It wasn't raining when we went out.
• What were you doing at three o'clock.