We use past progressive for
was/were + main verb-ing
1. Positive sentences
2. Negative sentences
Here, the ‘not’ comes after ‘was’ or ‘were’.
Only use the helping verbs ‘was’ or ‘were’
The word order changes.
‘was’ or ‘were’ + (person/place/thing) +…-ing …?
1. Positive questions
2. Negative questions
Here, ‘not’ comes after ‘was’ or’ were’ and before the subject (you, he, she and so on)
In w-questions, the w-word goes before the ‘were’ and ‘was’:
practice repeating aloud each example sentence in this tutorial. focus on the common collocations, running them together until they flow as one expression. the collocations are underlined.
Past progressive or present progressive?
Instructions: Choose the correct option.