Past continuous

Past continuous

1. use: we use the past continuous for an action that was already happening at a particular time in the past

   • AFFIRMATIVE
     • sub + was/were + ving + complement
       • María was washing the plastes yesterday.
         • Marco and Pedro were sleeping late last saturday.
   • NEGATIVE
     • sub + was/were + NOT + Ving + complement.
       • María wasn't washing the plates yesterday.
         • Marco and Pedro weren't sleeping late last saturday.
   • QUESTION
     • was /were + Sub + Ving + complement + ?
       • was María washing the plates yesterday?
         • Were they sleeping late last Saturday?

2. ADVERBS: yesterday, yesterday morning, at 2 o'clock yesterday, last saturday, on saturday last week.