Past Continuous Tense

Those tasks or jobs which were being done in past time continuously
but there must not have any time included are past continuous tense.

Structure of sentence

Positive Sentence:

    • Subject + auxiliary verb + main verb-ing + object
    • Subject + was/were + (base verb + ing) + object

If the subject is “I” then “was” is used after subject in sentence.
If the subject is “He, She, It, singular or proper name” then “was” is used after subject in sentence.
If subject is “You, They or plural” then “were” is used after subject in sentence.
The participle “ing” is added to the base form of verb i.e. going (go) writing (write)

Examples:

        I was playing cricket.
        He was driving a car
        They were reading their lessons.

Negative Sentence

      • Subject + auxiliary verb + not + main verb-ing + object
      • Subject + was/were + not + main verb-ing + object

Examples:

         I was not playing cricket.
         He was not driving a car
         They were not reading their lessons.

Interrogative Sentences

      • Auxiliary verb + Subject + main verb-ing + object
      • was/were + Subject + (base verb + ing) + object

Examples:

          Was he playing cricket?
         Was  I driving a car?
         Were they reading their lessons?



More:
 
Positive Sentences

           You are listening to the news
           I am washing your clothes
           She is riding on horse
           They are playing football.
           It is raining

Negative Sentence

          I was not listening to the news.
          You were not washing your clothes.
          They were  not riding on a horse.
          She was not playing football.
          It was not raining.

Interrogative Sentences

         Was she listening to the news?
         Were you washing your clothes?
         Was I riding on a horse?
         Were they playing football?
         Was it raining?