Past Continuous – Negative form

Subject

Verb to be in the (past)

Not

Main verb “-ing”

Complement

I

You

He

She

It

We

They

was

were

was

was

was

were

were

not

not

not

not

not

not

not

watching
(uátchin)

T.V. when dad was out.
(tivi uén dad uás áut.)

Nota: “was not” se puede contraer como “wasn’t”, al mismo modo como “were not” puede ser “weren’t”.

Examples:

I wasn’t studying when I was at home.
(ái uásent stádin uén ái uás at jom.)

You weren’t working when the boss was in his office.
(llu uérent uórkin uén da bos uás in jis ófis.)

Past Continuous – Interrogative form

Past of the verb to be

Subject

Main verb “-ing”

Complement

Was

Were

Was

Was

Was

Were

Were

I

you

he

she

it

we

they

watching
(uátchin)

T.V. when dad was out.
(tivi uén dad uás áut.)