1he ast Cont|nuous 1ense

O AIIIkMA1IVL ICkM ls made wlLh Lhe asL Slmple of Lhe auxlllary verb 1C 8L (was were)
and Lhe resenL arLlclple of Lhe maln verb

l as s|eep|ng when you came ?ou ere read|ng Lhe book when mum called

O IN1LkkCGA1IVL ICkM ls made by lnverslon of Lhe auxlllary verbs WAS WL8L and
Lhe sub[ecL of Lhe senLence
Was l sleeplng when you came? Were you readlng Lhe book when mum called?

O NLGA1IVL ICkM ls made by addlng nC1 Lo Lhe auxlllary verbs
l was noL sleeplng when you came ?ou were noL readlng Lhe book when mum called
was noL wasn'L were noL weren'L

SnCk1 ANSWLkS
Were you walLlng for Lhe bus yesLerday aL 11? ?es l was / no l wasn'L
Was he slLLlng here when you opened Lhe door? ?es he was / no he wasn'L
Were Lhey eaLlng when Lhe pollce came? ?es Lhey were / no Lhey weren'L


uSL Cl 1PL AS1 CCn1lnuCuS
1 lor an acLlon LhaL was ln progress when anoLher pasL acLlon lnLerrupLed lL (Slmple asL)
!a sam clsLlo prozor kad [e neLko usao u sobu
l wos cleooloq tbe wloJow wbeo someboJy come loto tbe toom


2 lor Lwo or more acLlons LhaL were ln progress aL Lhe same Llme ln Lhe pasL (WPlLL AS)
uok sam [a spavao onl su uclll a ma[ka [e clsLlla kucu
Jblle/As l wos sleeploq tbey wete stoJyloq ooJ mom wos cleooloq tbe boose

3 1hls Lense ls used Lo seL a background for a pasL sLory
nekl dan kad sam se probudlo pLlce su p[evale d[eca su se lgrala u vrLu oLac [e prao auLo
a ma[ka [e prala robu Cd[edanpuL nesLo [e palo u dvorlsLu
@be otbet Joy wbeo l woke op tbe bltJs wete sloqloq tbe klJs wete ployloq lo tbe
qotJeo fotbet wos wosbloq tbe cot ooJ mom wos wosbloq tbe clotbes 5oJJeoly
sometbloq fell lo tbe yotJ