Past Continious

Past Continious

1. Form of past continious

   • Positive: I was speaking.
   • Negative: I was not speaking.
   • Interrogative: Was I speaking?

2. The past progressive puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past. Use past continious for:

   • Puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past
   • two actions happening at the same time (in the past)
   • action going on at a certain time in the past

3. exceptions in spelling:

   • when the word end in "e" the letter "e" disappears and the word end in -ing
     • Ex: come-coming
     • But when the word end in "ee" no disappears
       • Ex: agree-agreeing
   • When the word end in consonant, the consonant is doubled
     • Ex: sit-sitting
   • when the word end in "ie" is convert in "y"
     • Ex: lie-lying