Past Continuous Tense

The past continuous tense refers to an action that was given at a time when another thing happened.  The past continuous tense is formed by using WAS or WERE and continuous tense.  For example:

1. I was eating rice when he entered the room
2. While Kate was selling bread, her sister stole her money
3. The men were working hard when the supervisor appeared

EVALUATION:  Underline the verbs in the paragraph below:

James Bond was driving through town.  It was raining. The wind was blowing hard. Nobody was walking in the streets.  Suddenly, Bond was the killer in a telephone box…..

ASSIGNMENT:

Construct 5 sentences that have the past continuous tense

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