Past continuous

Show an action that was in progress around a particular past moment.

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STRUCTUREsubject + was/were + verb-ing

BEST FOR · background actions and interrupted events

See the pattern in use

POSITIVE

I was waiting when the bus arrived.Otobüs geldiğinde bekliyordum.

NEGATIVE

We weren’t driving at midnight.

QUESTION

What were you doing when they called?

~~I was wait when she arrived.~~✓ I was waiting when she arrived.

Read the structure again, then say the corrected sentence aloud as one complete phrase.

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