Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special

The Past Continuous Tense.
Ўтган замон давом феъли

	Person	Singular	Plural
Affirmative form	I III	I was writing a letter He She was writing a It letter	I. We were writing a letter II. You were writing a letter III. They were writing a letter
Negative form	I III	I was not writing a letter He She was not writing It a letter	We were not writing a letter You were not writing a letter They were not writing a letter
Interrogative form	I III	Was I writing a letter? he Was she writing a it letter?	Were we writing a letter? Were you writing a letter? Were they writing a letter?

Exercise 1
Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Continuous Tense.

1.I (to translate) the text from Uzbek into English. 2.He (to do) his lessons when I came from work. 3.The students (to write) dictation at the lesson yesterday. 4.We (to watch) TV when my friend came to us. 5.My mother (to cook) the dinner when I came from the University. 6.Karim (to play) chess with his friend when his mother called for him. 7.lola (to clean) the rooms yesterday. 8.The students (to write) a test. 9.His sister (to learn) English last year. 10.I (to wash) the dishes.