The farmer was working at 6 o’clock yesterday evening

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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