1. We use past continuous tense to talk about an action that begins at a particular time in the past and continues at another time or action in the past. |
2. None action verbs are not usually used with the past continuous. |
3. We make the past continuous with was or were and the –ing form of the verb. |

Positive Form:
Subject | Auxiliary verb | Verb+ing |
---|---|---|
I/He/She/It | was | studying |
You/We/They | were | studying |
Negative Form:
subject | auxiliary verb | verb+ing |
---|---|---|
I/He/She/It | wasn’t (short form) was not | watching a film. |
You/We/They | weren’t (short form) were not | watching a film |
Past Continuous Tense Worksheets
Worksheet 1 | forming past continuous tense, describing pictures in the past |
Worksheet 2 | matching and forming sentences according to the picture. |
Worksheet 3 | describing a picture and forming past continuous tense. |
Worksheet 4 | describing a picture in past continuous tense. |
Worksheet 5 | using past continuous tense with ‘when‘ and ‘while’. |
Worksheet 6 | eliciting vocabulary (beach), and making sentences. |
Worksheet 7 | matching actions in the pictures with sentences and completing the sentences according to the picture. |
Worksheet 8 | answering questions according to the picture clues. |