17. THE PAST CONTINUOUS
| POSITIVE | NEGATIVE | QUESTION |
| I was waiting | I wasn’t waiting | Were you waiting ? |
| You/we/they were waiting | You/we/they weren’t waiting | Were you/we/they waiting? |
| He/she was waiting | He/she wasn’t waiting | Was he/she waiting? |
USAGE :
The past continuous is used to describe an action which was ongoing at a specific time in the past, or to describe the context of another action.
EXAMPLES :
I was sitting next to your old boss at lunch yesterday.
I was working for FELIX POTAIN when I met my first wife.
We were just talking about internal promotions when you came in.
She wasn’t listening to what I was saying.
We weren’t expecting such a large increase in sales.