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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

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