 11  Positive |
Negative |
Question |
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I was doing |
I wasn't doing |
was I doi ng ? |
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You were doing |
You weren't doing |
were You doing ? |
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He/she/it was doing |
He/she/it wasn't doing |
was He/she/it doing ? |
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We were doing |
We weren't doing |
were We doing ? |
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They were doing |
They weren't doing |
were They doing ? |
Timelines
We use the past progressive when we are more interested in the action itself than the time it started or stopped.
Compare the past simple with the past progressive:
11:00pm
7:00am
I was sleeping
t
I woke up
у у 12:00am
I went to bed the telephone
rang
I was sleeping when the telephone rang
time
I was going to the office
It was raining
I stopped to buy a newspaper
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