Past continuous

PAST CONTINUOUS

- used for things that happened in the past and were longer

• I was sleeping all day.

• They were studying hard for the exam.

- to make the past continuous, use WAS / WERE and the CONTINUOUS form of the verb (…-ing)

• I was working on the project.

• I wasn’t working on the project.

• Were you working on the project?

- it can be combined with the past simple (it always means the longer activity…)

• I met John when I was going home from work.

Use the past continuous only for things that were dynamic and lasted longer!!!