Education Past Continuous

Education Past Continuous
Here is a table for quick memorization of pastes continiu
Rules for writing the ending -ing for verbs
Usually, the ending -ing is simply added to the verb:

play => playing (play)

laugh => laugh (laugh)
do => doing (to do)
But there are a few exceptions:

If the verb ends in the vowel -e, then it is omitted:

bake => baking (oven)

When a verb ends in -ie, these two letters are replaced by a single -y:

lie => lying (to lie)

If a verb ends in a single consonant that is preceded by a stressed vowel, then the consonant at the end is doubled:

beg - begging (begging),

begin - beginning (begin),

regret - regretting (regret)

Mary (she) was baking a cake. Mary was baking a cake.

Bob (he) was begging Mary to let him try a piece of cake. Bob begged Mary to give her a piece of cake to try.
Students (they) were lying about their homework. The students lied about their homework.
Statement
Let's analyze how a statement is formed and examples of affirmative sentences in Past Continuous Tense.
Subject: noun or pronoun
Auxiliary verb to be
Predicate: verb
I, he, she, it
Bob (he)
Mary (she)
dog (it)

was

verb ending -ing

working, eating, sleeping

you, we, they

students (they)

my family and I (we)

were

Examples of statements in the Past Continuous:

I was eating breakfast. — I ate breakfast.

Students (they) were working on essays. — The students worked on the essay.
Bob (he) was sleeping. Bob was sleeping.
Mary (she) was feeding the dog. Mary was feeding the dog.
Negation
A negative sentence in the Past Continuous is formed like this:

Subject: noun or pronoun

Auxiliary verb + particle not

Predicate: verb

I, he, she, it

Bob (he)

Mary (she)

dog (it)

was not (wasnt)
verb ending -ing

jumping, playing, sitting

you, we, they

students (they)

my family and I (we)

were not (waren't)

Examples of negative sentences in Past Continuous:

I was not playing football. - I didn't play football.

Mary (she) wasn't playing he piano. Mary didn't play the piano.
Students (they) weren't sitting in the classroom. The students didn't sit in the classroom.
The dog (it) wasn't jumping on people. The dog didn't jump on people.

Question
Learning to form general interrogative sentences in the Past Continuous:

Auxiliary

Subject: noun or pronoun

Predicate: verb

was

I, he, she, it

Bob (he)

Mary (she)

dog (it)
verb ending -ing

watching, studying, singing, smiling

Were

you, we, they

students (they)

my family and I (we)
Were students (they) watching a film? Did the students watch the movie?
Was Bob (he) singing “Let It Be”? Did Bob sing “Let It Be”?
Was Mary (she) studying yesterday? Did Mary study yesterday?
Was I smiling? - Did I smile?
Questions have to be answered. In English, you cannot simply answer yes or no, you must use an auxiliary verb in the answer:
Time markers
Unlike other tenses, marker words, anchor words, or auxiliary words in the Past Continuous do not distinguish it much from other tenses. But in some cases, they can still help allocate this time.
If we are talking about habits and repetitive actions in the past in the Past Continuous, there may be such marker words: always (always), constantly (constantly), all the time (all the time)
How not to confuse with Past Simple
These two tenses: Past Simple and Past Continuous are very similar. They are translated into Russian in the same way, so it is important to distinguish them in meaning. We have prepared for you a convenient table of differences between continuous and simple pastes: