Past Continuous Tense was/were + ing

گذشته استمراری یا Past Continuous زمانی استفاده می شود که عملی در گذشته در حال رخ دادن بوده باشد در حالیکه معمولا اتفاقی در میان آن افتاده است.
Was/were + verb + ing

You weren't listening when the teacher explained it.
هنگامی که معلم آن را توضیح داد تو گوش نمی دادی.

I was watching TV when my father came home.
هنگامی که پدرم برگشت خانه در حال تماشای تلویزیون بودم.

I was walking when Jack saw me.
داشتم راه میرفتم که جک منو دید.

You were walking.
He was walking.
She was walking.
We were walking.
They were walking.
It was raining.

Negative form
برای منفی کردن این ساختار باید به was, were کلمه not را اضافه کرد:
I wasn't walking.
You weren't walking.
He wasn't walking.
…

I wasn't concentrating when I dropped it.
You weren't listening when the teacher explained it.

Question form
برای سوالی کردن باید was, were را پیش از فاعل آورد:
Was I walking?
Were you walking?
Was he walking?
…

What were you doing when he phoned?
Who were they talking to when I saw them?


1-What were you doing when he phoned?
2-Where were you going when the news arrived?
3-Who were they talking to when I saw them?





1- داشتی چیکار میکردی وقتی تلفن زد؟
2- کجا میرفتی وقتی خبر رسید؟
3-داشتن با کی حرف میزدن وقتی دیدمشون ؟