Tuesday 21 March 2023

Past Continuous Negative & Questions

 

  • Past Continuous Negative & Questions

  • Use past continuous with not for negative statements.
    subject + past be + not  + present participle
    -I was not working on St. Patrick's Day.

    Use past continuous for yes/no questions. 
    past be + subject + present participle
    -Were you working on St. Patrick's Day?

    Add a wh-word for information questions.
    wh- word + past be + subject + present participle
    -Where were you working or St. Patrick's Day?
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  • Kyle wasn'tpaying attention during the ceremony. Nina and Ben were not singing Christmas carols. 
    Was Alex playing the trombone? Why were you decorating the office?
  • *Remember! You can use contractions with was/were and not.  (Wasn't Was not)

























Source : Alison

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