I was doing

I was doing

   March 13, 2019       barkha verma

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I was doing

Was/Were + -ing is the past continuous:

Positive 

I was doing
He was watching
She was playing
It was running
We were living
You were bathing
They were driving

Negative

I was not doing
He was not watching
She was not playing
It was not running
We were not living
You were not bathing
They were not driving

Question

Was I doing
Was he watching
Was she playing
Was it running
Were we living
Were you bathing
Were they driving

• What were you doing at 11.30 yesterday? Were you working?
• What did he say? I don't know. I wasn't listening.
• it was raining so we didn't go out.
• In 1985 we were living in Canada.
• Today she's wearing a skirt, but yesterday. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining and the birds were singing.

Spelling  

(live - living / run - running / lie - lying etc.

am/is/are + -ing (present) -was/were + ing (past):

• I'm working (now).        I was working at 10:30 last night.
• It isn't raining (now).   It wasn't raining when we went out.
• What are you doing (now). What were you doing there o'clock?