Past Continuous

Be + Ving

You did it!!!

Time expressions

while, as, the moment that, etc.

Rule #4

• past action in progress interrupted by another past action:

I was reading a newspaper

when the telephone rang.

Past Continuous

Rule #3

• background description to events in a story:

She was walking alone the river...

Rule #2

• two or more simultaneous past actions of certain duration:

I was washing up while

he was cooking the dinner.

Usage

Rule #1

The Trip starts here :)

• action in the middle of happening at a stated past time:

This time last week

I was traveling across Africa.

Formation

• reading
• playing
• watching
• waiting
• riding