Zusammenfassung der Ressource
PAST CONTINOUS
- FORM
- POSITIVE
- I/he/she/it was talking
- you/we/they were talking
- NEGATIVE
- I/he/she/it wasn't talking
- you/we/they weren't talking
- QUESTION
- Was i/he/she/it talking?
- Were you/we/they talking
- 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