This tense indicates actions which happened for a period of time in the past and ended. It works like the present continuous with the use of verb to be in the past and ING:
| Afirmative |
| I was dancing yesterday. |
| You were dancing yesterday. |
| He was dancing yesterday. |
| She was dancing yesterday. |
| It was dancing yesterday. |
| We were dancing yesterday. |
| You were dancing yesterday. |
| They were dancing yesterday. |
| Negative |
| I was not dancing yesterday.
I wasn’t dancing yesterday. |
| You were not dancing yesterday.
You weren’t dancing yesterday. |
| He was not dancing yesterday.
He wasn’t dancing yesterday. |
| She was not dancing yesterday.
She wasn’t dancing yesterday. |
| It was not dancing yesterday.
it wasn’t dancing yesterday. |
| We were not dancing yesterday.
We weren’t dancing yesterday. |
| You were not dancing yesterday.
You weren’t dancing yesterday. |
| They were not dancing yesterday.
They weren’t dancing yesterday. |
| Interrogative |
| Was I dancing yesterday? |
| Were you dancing yesterday? |
| Was he dancing yesterday? |
| Was she dancing yesterday? |
| Was it dancing yesterday? |
| Were we dancing yesterday? |
| Were you dancing yesterday? |
| Were they dancing yesterday? |
| Ø Was I dancing?
o Yes, you were. o No, you weren’t. Ø Were you dancing? o Yes, I was. o No, I wasn’t. |
Ø Was he dancing?
o Yes, he was. o No, he wasn’t. Ø Was she dancing? o Yes, she was. o No, she wasn’t. |
| Ø Was it dancing?
o Yes, it was. o No, it wasn’t. Ø Were we dancing? o Yes, you were. o No, you weren’t. |
Ø Were you dancing?
o Yes, we were. o No, we weren’t. Ø Were they dancing? o Yes, they were. o No, they weren’t. |
Time expressions:
| when [quando], while [enquanto], as [enquanto], at that time [naquele momento],
as + subject + verb in the past –>as we spoke [enquanto falávamos] this + time + passado –> this time last year, this time last month, this time last week. |