Past Continuous Tense

Frame:

Subject	Positive	Negative	Question tag
I He She It Boy Ramu	Was + V4	Was not + V4	Was +S +V4?
They Boys You We	Were + V4	Were not +V4	Were +S+V4?

Examples:

He was swimming at 8 AM yesterday.

He was not swimming at 8 AM yesterday

Was he swimming at 8 AM yesterday?

They were doing shopping at 4 PM yesterday

They were not doing shopping at 4 PM yesterday

Were they doing shopping at 4 PM yesterday?

It was raining at 5 PM last Monday

It was not raining at 5 PM last Monday.

Was It raining at 5 PM last Monday?

USE:

On going Actions "at a particular time" in the past.

Look at this table for better understanding

Past Continues Tense

S+was/were+V4+O

An action which was going on at some time in the past(గతంలో ఒకానొక సమయంలో జరుగుతూ ఉండిన పనులకు)

i) They  were playing  cricket yesterday afternoon. ii) when I saw him he was waiting for the bus.

V2+When/While