Was / Were + -ing is the past continuous:
* What were you doing at 11.30 yesterday? Were you working?
* What did he say? I don't know. I wasn't listening.
* It was raining so we didn't go out.
* In 2010 we were living in Canada.
* Today she's wearing a skirt but yesterday she was wearing trousers.
* I woke up early yesterday. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining and the birds were singing.
am / is / are + -ing (present) -> was / were + -ing (past):
Present: Past:
* I'm working (now). * I was working at 10.30 last night.
* It isn't raining (now). * It wasn't raining when we went out.
* What are you doing (now)? * What were you doing at 3 o'clock?
Where were these people at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon? And Were they doing?
1. Rachel was at home. She was watching TV.
2. Jack and Kate at the cinema watch a film. They were watching a film.
3. Tom in his car. He was driving.
4. Tracey at the station wait for a train. He was waiting for a train.
5. And and Hall in the park. They were walking.
1. At 1.10 She was have a breakfast.
2. At 7.30 She was reading a newspaper.
3. At 12.00 She was cooking lunch.
4. At 9.20 She was leaning the kitchen.
5. At 10.15 She was playing tennis.
6. At 8.30 She washing her car.
Make questions. Use was / were -ing. Use what / where / why if necessary.
1. Where were you living in 2015? In London.
2. What were you doing at 2 o'clock? I was asleep.
3. Were was it raining when you got up? No, it was sunny.
4. Why Sue driving so fast? Because she was late.
5. Was Tom wearing a suit yesterday? No, T-shirt and jeans.
Joe in the street yesterday afternoon. What was she doing? Positive Or Negative.
1. She wasn't wearing a jacket.
2. She wasn't carrying a bag.
3. She wasn't going to hotel.
4. She wasn't eating an ice cream.
5. She wasn't carrying an umbrella.
6. She wasn't going to home.
7. She wasn't wearing hat.
8. She wasn't riding a bicycle.
