📋 The complete paradigm

Subject	was/were	verb-ing
I	was	painting
You	were	painting
He / She / It	was	painting
We / You / They	were	painting

🔤 -ing spelling rules

Most verbs: just add -ing → watching, painting, studying (¡la y no cambia!)
Ends in -e → drop the e: make → making · take → taking
1 vowel + 1 consonant → double it: sit → sitting · run → running · chat → chatting

💡 More examples

At 8 p.m. I was doing my homework.
The tourists were taking selfies in front of the painting.

⚠️ Typical mistakes

✗ They was working all day.✓ They were working all day. (was solo con I / he / she / it)✗ She was paint the wall.✓ She was painting the wall. (siempre BE + verbo-ING, las dos piezas)