What is the past progressive

If you want to talk about something that happened in the past at a certain time, you have to use the past progressive.

But there are a few things you need to know before you can use it.

Creating a sentence

  • 2. form of the verb
  • -ing attached at the verb ending

Examples:

Yesterday at 3 a.m. I was sleeping.

Yesterday at 3 a.m. you were sleeping.

Yesterday at 6 p.m. we were dancing.

Yesterday at 6 p.m. they were dancing.


Signal words

when, while, yesterday at ... o`clock

Examples:

The alarm rang while I was sleeping.

He met Lisa while he was walking to the cinema yesterday.