Questions in the Past Progressive

1. Questions without question words in the Past Progressive

Auxiliary	Subject	Verb	Rest	Yes/No	Subject	Auxiliary (+ n't)
Were	you	reading	books?	Yes, No, No,	I I I	was. was not. wasn't.
Was	Peter	playing	football?	Yes, No, No,	he he he	was. was not. wasn't.
Were	they	singing	a song?	Yes, No, No,	they they they	were. were not. weren't.

Question word	Auxiliary	Subject	Verb	Rest	Answer
What	were	you	doing	yesterday evening?	I was working on my computer.
Where	was	Diana	going	at ten last night?	She was going to a concert.
Why	were	they	carrying	the buckets?	They were carrying the buckets because they wanted to clean the car.

► Use was with the 1st and 3rd person singular (I, he, she, it) and in all other persons were.

Add -ing to the infinitive.