Past Continuous Active

Past Continuous Active используется для:

1) обозначения действий, происходящих в определенный момент прошлого: At that time there was a patient on the unit who wasn’t responding to a behavioural program for her severe phobias.

2) обозначения действий, прерываемых другими действиями: When I opened the door the psychologist was talking to a patient and interviewing him about his history.

3) обозначения одновременных длительных действий: While my friend was gaining experience in practicing social work, I was obtaining my Ph.D.

4) описания статичной картины в прошлом: That was my first time that I participated in a therapy group. Eight people were meeting face-to-face with one trained group therapist and were talking about what was troubling them. Members were also expressing their own feelings about what someone said or did.

Для выражения в Past Continuous Active используется глагол to be в формах прошедшего времени (was/were), а также первая форма глагола с окончанием –ing (ing-form):

was