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. |
2. Questions with question words in the Past Progressive
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.