Past Continuous Uses

—Actions in the past that take place at a particular time

Eg:What were you doing last evening at 8:45?
I was watching TV

—With the Past Simple to refer to a long action that is interrupted by a shorter one.("When"or "While" are the habitual conjunctions)

Eg:We were talking about our last holidays when the boss came into the office and got angry

—Two actions developing at the same time in the past ("While" is the habitual conjunction)

Eg:While my boss was talking to me, I was dreaming of my last holidays in Cancún

Past Continuous Form

 

	Past Continuous
Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I was dancing You  were dancing He was dancing She was dancing It was dancing We were dancing You were dancing They were dancing	I wasn't dancing You  weren't dancing He wasn't dancing She wasn't dancing It wasn't dancing We weren't dancing You weren't dancing They weren't dancing	Was I dancing?Were you dancing? Was he dancing? Was she dancing? Was it dancing? Were we dancing? Were you dancing? Were they dancing?