unit 3.1 past continuous

to indicate that something in the past a while was working, use your in English the past tense of the-ing form (past continuous). that looks like this: was/were + verb +-ing.

i was watching tv                                          ik was tv aan het kijken

were you eating the cake                             was je de cake aan het eten.

normal sense                                                     questions

i                     was          walking                        was          i           walking 

you                were        sleeping                       were      you          looking

he/she/it        was          looking                        was     he, she, it   looking

we                 were         talking                        were      we            talking

you                were        playing                       were      you           playing

they               were        cooking                      were       they         cooking

at you can also the shortened form of a denial was not/were not.

i wasn't ( was not) talking to you                        ik praatte niet tegen jou.

they weren't (were not) listening                         ze luisterden niet.