✦ Lesson 5 · Grammar 2
Past continuous questions
To ask what was happening, we put was / were before the subject.
Was / Were + subject + verb-ing?
A dialogue
— Who did you see at the beach yesterday?
— Stella.
— Was she flying a kite?
— Yes, she was.
— Stella.
— Was she flying a kite?
— Yes, she was.
⚠️ Remember
In short answers we do not repeat the verb-ing: Yes, she was. (not Yes, she was flying).