The farmer was working at 6 o’clock yesterday evening

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1 The farmer was working at 6 o’clock yesterday evening
Past continuous tense The farmer was working at 6 o’clock yesterday evening

2 Past continuous tense I was playing You We They were He She It
AFFIRMATIVE: Play I was playing You We They were He She It

3 Past continuous tense Was the teacher explaining grammar at school
last Monday? No, she wasn’t. She was explaining Geography.

4 Past continuous tense was I playing? were you we they he she it I
INTERROGATIVE: Play NEGATIVE: Play was I playing? were you we they he she it I was not wasn’t playing You We They were not weren’t He She It

5 Uses of the past continuous
1-We use the past continuous tense to describe a past action over a period of time "What were they doing yesterday at 8 0’clock?" "They were working all day.

6 2-We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time. This time yesterday the hairdresser was working

7 The policeman broke his ankle while he was running after the dog
3-Past simple and past continuous are used together when something happened in the middle of something else The policeman broke his ankle while he was running after the dog

8 Compare the past continuous (I was doing) and past simple (I did):
Past continuous (in the middle of an action)  I was walking home when I met Dave. (in the middle of walking home)  Ann was watching television when the phone rang. Past simple (complete action)  I walked home after the party last night.  Ann watched televison a lot when she was ill last year

9 Past continuous tense Time expressions: While, as, when.
While the band was playing a mobile phone rang