Past Progressive Rules
Here you can find tables with Past Progressive rules on:
positive sentences, negative sentences and questions.
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Positive Sentences
| Who? | Form of verb | Examples |
| I | was + verb + ing | I was studying the whole afternoon. |
| He/She/It | was + verb + ing | He
was studying the whole afternoon. She was studying the whole afternoon. It was studying the whole afternoon. |
| You | were + verb + ing | You were studying the whole afternoon. |
| We | were + verb + ing | We were studying the whole afternoon. |
| They | were + verb + ing | They were studying the whole afternoon. |
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Negative Sentences
| Who? | Form of verb | Examples |
| I | was
+ not + verb + ing wasn't + verb + ing |
I
was not studying the whole afternoon. I wasn't studying the whole afternoon. |
| He/ She/ It |
was
+ not + verb + ing wasn't + verb + ing |
He
was not studying the whole afternoon. He wasn't studying the whole afternoon. She was not studying the whole afternoon. She wasn't studying the whole afternoon. It was not studying the whole afternoon. It wasn't studying the whole afternoon. |
| You | were
+ not + verb + ing weren't + verb + ing |
You were not studying the whole afternoon. You weren't studying the whole afternoon. |
| We | were +
not + verb + ing weren't + verb + ing |
We were not studying the whole afternoon. We weren't studying the whole afternoon. |
| They | were +
not + verb + ing weren't + verb + ing |
They were not studying the whole afternoon. They weren't studying the whole afternoon. |
Question Sentences
| Who? | Form of verb | Examples | |
| Was | I | verb + ing | Was I studying the whole afternoon? |
| Was | he/she/it | verb + ing | Was
he studying the whole afternoon? Was she studying the whole afternoon? Was it studying the whole afternoon? |
| Were | you | verb + ing | Were you studying the whole afternoon? |
| Were | we | verb + ing | Were we studying the whole afternoon? |
| Were | they | verb + ing | Were they studying the whole afternoon? |
So these are the Past Progressive rules.
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