Zusammenfassung der Ressource
PAST CONTINOUS
- FORM
- POSITIVE
- I / he / she / it was speaking
- You / we / they were speaking
- NEGATIVE
- I / he / she / it wasn't speaking
- You / we / they weren't
speaking
- QUESTION
- Was I / he / she / it speaking?
- Were you / we / they speaking?
- USE
- puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past
- He was playing football.
- two actions happening at the same time (in the past)
- While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.
- action going on at a certain time in the past
- When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
- SIGNAL WORDS
- when, while, as long as