Past Progressive - Long forms, short forms

Past Progressive/Continuous
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Long forms and short forms
Exercises - Past Progressive

Long forms and short forms in the Past Progressive

We use short forms of the auxiliaries. The Past Progressive is formed with the auxiliary to be (was, were), so short forms are only possible in negative sentences.

affirmative
long form short form
I was reading can't be formed
he, she, it:
he was reading
we, you, they:
we were reading

negative (not after to be)
long form short form
I was not reading I wasn't reading
he, she, it: he, she, it:
he was not reading he wasn't reading
we, you, they: we, you, they:
we were not reading we weren't reading
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