Grammar
Tense: Past continuous – To be
1st Part
Grammar in use
2nd Part
Form
3rd Part
To be
4th Part
Drills
Conjugation
To Form the auxiliary “to be”: Particularities
La formation de l’auxiliaire « être » : Particularities
L’auxiliaire « To be » fonctionne différemment :
| Affirmative form | Negative form | Questions |
| I was being | I was not being | Was I being ? |
| you/we/they were being | he/she/it was not being (contraction : it’s not being) | Was he/she/it being ? |
| you/we/they were | you/we/they are not being (contraction : they’re not being) | Were you/we/they being? |
With the verb « to BE », the past continuous is rarely used as TO BE describes a state, but it might be used to stress an action, a situation
( depending on the context)