زمن الماضي المستمر Past continuous tense


Was
                                       +    V       +  ing 
Were

Was ----- I , he , she , it
مثال

I was making a cake.
He was helping us.

Were ---- We , They , You
مثال

They were helping us.

-          يستخدم الماضي المستمر في التعبير عن شيء كان يحدث واستمر لفترة في الماضي


-          الكلمات الدالة على الماضي المستمر:
While = As           بينما / أثناء

When                      عندما

قاعدة While / As  
While
            ----------  past continuous --------- past simple.
As

مثال

- While I was studying , the phone rang.     Or    The phone rang , while I was studying.
- As I was studying , the phone rang.


  الفرق بين       As / While   

مثال

While he was writing, he made a mistake.

While writing, he made a mistake.

وهذه لا تنطبق على     As


سؤال:
While writing, he made a mistake. { use As }
- As he was writing, he made a mistake.


قاعدة        When
 When   ----------  past continuous --------- past simple.
مثال

When we were working, the manager came.


When   ---------- past simple ---------  past continuous
مثال

When dad arrived, I was sleeping.