Grammar Verb Conjugation: Past Continuous - Interrogative (click on the verb to download/listen)   Past Continuous Interrogative is used to ask questions about things that were interrupted at the moment or actions that took place before another action known by the person who is asking the question. Remembering that, even if not mentioned in the clause, the actions in this tense are interrupted by something else (they are unfinished actions)   Examples:   Singular: Was I dreaming or was it just my imagination? Were you passing in front of my house yesterday when I was going out with my father? Was he watching the game yesterday when you arrived at his house? Was she cooking dinner last night when she burned the house? Was it raining in the morning when you woke up?   Plural: Were we being too severe when we said that you had to stay home? Were you growing into your job when you had to move to South America? Were they speaking about us?   Now, observe and analyze the conjugations below. Listen and Repeat. Verbs ending in -e, -d, -k, -t, -l Verb: To See Verb: To Need Verb: To Speak Verb: To Hunt Verb: To Call Singular Singular Singular Singular Singular Was I seeing? Was I needing? Was I speaking? Was I hunting? Was I calling? Were you seeing? Were you needing? Were you speaking? Were you hunting? Were you calling? Was he seeing? Was he needing? Was he speaking? Was he hunting? Was he calling? Was she seeing? Was she needing? Was she speaking? Was she hunting? Was she calling? Was it seeing? Was it needing? Was it speaking? Was it hunting? Was it calling? Plural Plural Plural Plural Plural Were we seeing? Were we needing? Were we speaking? Were we hunting? Were we calling? Were you seeing? Were you needing? Were you speaking? Were you hunting? Were you calling? Were they seeing? Were they needing? Were they speaking? Were they hunting? Were they calling? Verbs ending in -w, -n, -m, -r, -gh Verb: To Grow Verb: To Open Verb: To Dream Verb: To Answer Verb: To Laugh Singular Singular Singular Singular Singular Was I growing? Was I opening? Was I dreaming? Was I answering? Was I laughing? Were you growing? Were you opening? Were you dreaming? Were you answering? Were you laughing? Was he growing? Was he opening? Was he dreaming? Was he answering? Was he laughing? Was she growing? Was she opening? Was she dreaming? Was she answering? Was she laughing? Was it growing? Was it opening? Was it dreaming? Was it answering? Was it laughing? Plural Plural Plural Plural Plural Were we growing? Were we opening? Were we dreaming? Were we answering? Were we laughing? Were you growing? Were you opening? Were you dreaming? Were you answering? Were you laughing? Were they growing? Were they opening? Were they dreaming? Were they answering? Were they laughing? Verbs ending in "-y" preceded by consonant (consonants are: b, c, d, f, g etc...) Verb: To Study Verb: To Cry Verb: To Bury Verb: To Fly Verb: To Deny Singular Singular Singular Singular Singular Was I studying? Was I crying? Was I burying? Was I flying? Was I denying? Were you studying? Were you crying? Were you burying? Were you flying? Were you denying? Was he studying? Was he crying? Was he burying? Was he flying? Was he denying? Was she studying? Was she crying? Was she burying? Was she flying? Was she denying? Was it studying? Was it crying? Was it burying? Was it flying? Was it denying? Plural Plural Plural Plural Plural Were we studying? Were we crying? Were we burying? Were we flying? Were we denying? Were you studying? Were you crying? Were you burying? Were you flying? Were you denying? Were they studying? Were they crying? Were they burying? Were they flying? Were they denying? Verbs ending in "-y" preceded by vowel (vowels are a, e, i, o, u) Verb: To Play Verb: To Buy Verb: To Enjoy Verb: To Betray Verb: To Destroy Singular Singular Singular Singular Singular Was I playing? Was I buying? Was I enjoying? Was I betraying? Was I destroying? Were you playing? Were you buying? Were you enjoying? Were you betraying? Were you destroying? Was he playing? Was he buying? Was he enjoying? Was he betraying? Was he destroying? Was she playing? Was she buying? Was she enjoying? Was she betraying? Was she destroying? Was it playing? Was it buying? Was it enjoying? Was it betraying? Was it destroying? Plural Plural Plural Plural Plural Were we playing? Were we buying? Were we enjoying? Were we betraying? Were we destroying? Were you playing? Were you buying? Were you enjoying? Were you betraying? Were you destroying? Were they playing? Were they buying? Were they enjoying? Were they betraying? Were they destroying? Verbs ending in "-ch" Verb: To Teach Verb: To Watch Verb: To Attach Verb: To Catch Verb: To March Singular Singular Singular Singular Singular Was I teaching? Was I watching? Was I attaching? Was I catching? Was I marching? Were you teaching? Were you watching? Were you attaching? Were you catching? Were you marching? Was he teaching? Was he watching? Was he attaching? Was he catching? Was he marching? Was she teaching? Was she watching? Was she attaching? Was she catching? Was she marching? Was it teaching? Was it watching? Was it attaching? Was it catching? Was it marching? Plural Plural Plural Plural Plural Were we teaching? Were we watching? Were we attaching? Were we catching? Were we marching? Were you teaching? Were you watching? Were you attaching? Were you catching? Were you marching? Were they teaching? Were they watching? Were they attaching? Were they catching? Were they marching? Verbs ending in "-ss" Verb: To Pass Verb: To Discuss Verb: To Dismiss Verb: To Miss Singular Singular Singular Singular Was I passing? Was I discussing? Was I dismissing? Was I missing? Were you passing? Were you discussing? Were you dismissing? Were you missing? Was he passing? Was he discussing? Was he dismissing? Was he missing? Was she passing? Was she discussing? Was she dismissing? Was she missing? Was it passing? Was it discussing? Was it dismissing? Was it missing? Plural Plural Plural Plural Were we passing? Were we discussing? Were we dismissing? Were we missing? Were you passing? Were you discussing? Were you dismissing? Were you missing? Were they passing? Were they discussing? Were they dismissing? Were they missing? Verbs ending in "-ss" Verb: To Express Verb: To Guess Verb: To Kiss Verb: To Press Singular Singular Singular Singular Was I expressing? Was I guessing? Was I kissing? Was I pressing? Were you expressing? Were you guessing? Were you kissing? Were you pressing? Was he expressing? Was he guessing? Was he kissing? Was he pressing? Was she expressing? Was she guessing? Was she kissing? Was she pressing? Was it expressing? Was it guessing? Was it kissing? Was it pressing? Plural Plural Plural Plural Were we expressing? Were we guessing? Were we kissing? Were we pressing? Were you expressing? Were you guessing? Were you kissing? Were you pressing? Were they expressing? Were they guessing? Were they kissing? Were they pressing? Verbs ending in "-sh" Verb: To Clash Verb: To Crush Verb: To Establish Verb: To Finish Verb: To Smash Singular Singular Singular Singular Singular Was I clashing? Was I crushing? Was I establishing? Was I finishing? Was I smashing? Were you clashing? Were you crushing? Were you establishing? Were you finishing? Were you smashing? Was he clashing? Was he crushing? Was he establishing? Was he finishing? Was he smashing? Was she clashing? Was she crushing? Was she establishing? Was she finishing? Was she smashing? Was it clashing? Was it crushing? Was it establishing? Was it finishing? Was it smashing? Plural Plural Plural Plural Plural Were we clashing? Were we crushing? Were we establishing? Were we finishing? Were we smashing? Were you clashing? Were you crushing? Were you establishing? Were you finishing? Were you smashing? Were they clashing? Were they crushing? Were they establishing? Were they finishing? Were they smashing? Verbs ending in "-x" Verb: To Fix Singular Was I fixing? Were you fixing? Was he fixing? Was she fixing? Was it fixing? Plural Were we fixing? Were you fixing? Were they fixing? Some irregular verbs. Notice that it makes no difference in the Past Continuous whether the verb is regular or not. They follow the same conjugation rule. Verb: To Be Verb: To Have Verb: To Go Verb: To Do Singular Singular Singular Singular Was I being? Was I having? Was I going? Was I doing? Were you being? Were you having? Were you going? Were you doing? Was he being? Was he having? Was he going? Was he doing? Was she being? Was she having? Was she going? Was she doing? Was it being? Was it having? Was it going? Was it doing? Plural Plural Plural Plural Were we being? Were we having? Were we going? Were we doing? Were you being? Were you having? Were you going? Were you doing? Were they being? Were they having? Were they going? Were they doing?   Globalized English School English in English   2009 - 2010 Globalized English School  - All rights reserved