You weren’t listening

Past Continuous: negative

 

To make negative statements in the Past Continuous, use:

was/were + not + the “-ing” form of the verb:

 

Singular Plural
I was not talking

You were not talking

He/she/it was not talking

We were not talking

You were not talking

They were not talking

 

  • Peter wasn’t doing his homework when his father came in.
  • Rebecca was angry with her children because they weren’t sleeping when she arrived.