Choose the correct options to complete the rules
We use the [past simple|past continuous|past perfect]
To talk about an action that was in progress at a specific time in the
[past|present|future].Example: I was washing the car at seven o'clock yesterday.
To talk about two ongoing actions that were happening at the same time.
Example: We were playing in the garden when our mother was cooking dinner.To talk about an action in the past that interrups another action. The action in the
[past continuous|present perfect|present simple] starts before and often continues after the other shorter action or time.Example: I was walking in the park when I met John.
The structure of [affirmative|negative] sentences in the past continuous is [was/were + Ving|to be + Ving|have/has + Ving].
Look at the examples:
Mary was doing her homework while it was raining.
We were watching TV yesterday at five o'clock.
The structure of[affirmative|negative] sentences in the past continuous is [had + Ving|was/were + not + Ving|to be + not + Ving].
Look at the examples:
We weren't sleepingat eleven last night.
I wasn't walking with my dog while my sister was at school.
We use was or were before the subject to form questions in the [past continuous tense|past perfect tense|present simple tense].
Was your mother workingat nine?
Were they working in the garden?