Past Continuous
Время Past Continuous имеет следующую структуру:
| Утверждение | Единственное число | подлежащее | was | present participle |
| Множественное число | подлежащее | were | present participle | |
| Negative | Единственное число | подлежащее | was not = wasn't | present participle |
| Множественное число | подлежащее | were not = weren't | present participle | |
| Question | Единственное число | Was | подлежащее | present participle |
| Множественное число | Were | подлежащее | present participle |
Использование Past Continuous
Past Continuous означает, что что-то происходило в определенный интервал времени в прошлом.
Действие или ситуация началось до какого-то времени в прошлом и еще не закончилось.
Практически, мы используем Past Continuous в следующих ситуациях:
что-то, что продолжалось до и после другого действия:
Linda were cooking when I got home.
As I was listening the music the telephone rang.
Yesterday I was waiting for a bus when an old woman asked me for help.
что-то, что происходило в определенное время:
Yesterday at this time, I was having dinner.
At midnight, we were still driving over the same desert road.
It was ten o'clock, I was walking near her home.
что-то, что продолжалось какое-то время:
It was snowing.
I heard how she was shouting.
My head was aching.
что-то, что случалось снова и снова:
I was practising every day, three times a day.
They were meeting secretly after school.
They were always quarrelling.
происходило что-то, означающее изменение или развитие:
My hair was going grey.
Before human civilization, the climate was changing slowly.
Her English was improving.
Мы ставим наречие непосредственно перед present participle:
You were just studying when she called.
Were you just studying when she called?