The farmer was working at
6 o’clock yesterday evening
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AFFIRMATIVE: Play
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
was
were
was
playing
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INTERROGATIVE: Play
I
you
we
they
he
she
it
was
were
was
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playing?
NEGATIVE: Play
was not
wasn’t
were not
weren’t
playing
was not
wasn’t
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
Was the teacher explaining Lithuanian at
school last Monday? No, he wasn’t.
He was explaining English.
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Past Continuous is used for
an action that was happening at
a specific point of time in the past:
At 5 p.m. yesterday the hairdresser was
working.
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Past Continuous is used for
an action that was happening in the
past when another one interrupted it.
In this case we usually use as or when.
As the policeman was running after the dog, he
suddenly slipped and broke his leg.
The policeman was running after the dog when he
suddenly slipped and broke his leg.
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Past Continuous is used for
two actions that were happening at the
same time in the past.
In this case we usually use while.
While the children were playing games,
the dog was barking loudly.
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Past continuous in the middle of an action
•
I was walking home when I met Dave. (in the
middle of walking home)
• Ann was watching television when the
phone rang.
Past Simple shows a completed action
Ann watched televison a lot when she was
I walked home after the party last night.
ill last year.
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Time expressions:
while, as, when
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•The boy was climbing
the rock when we saw him.
• As we were looking at the
boy, he reached the top
of the mountain.
• While the boy was
climbing, we were looking at
him.
Make sentences using Past Continuous
→
→
• He / the ball / kick →
• They / along the river / row
• They / not / TV / watch
→
• We / the ball / throw
• I / not / a magazine / read →
• The pencil / on the desk / jump→
• I / the ball / catch→
• She / not / the test / write→
• He / a horse/ ride→
• They / tennis/ play →
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Make questions using Past Continuous
• She / on a chair / sit ?
• You / your bag / pack?
• He/ride/his horse?
• We / tea / drink?
• You / the bike / repair?
• The children /sit / in the sun?
• Laura / cook / dinner?
• Mr Mills / have / dinner / at 9 p.m.?
• They / read / a book?
• He / talk / on the phone?
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Ask for the information in the bold part
of the sentence using Whquestions
• Ann was doing a language course in London.
• John was carrying a heavy box.
• At five our teacher was correcting our homework.
• At six o'clock, we were having dinner.
• Kate was runninng because she was late.
• They were fishing all day yesterday.
• We were waiting for a bus.
• I was sitting outside in the garden.
• Polly was swimming in the pool because it was hot.
• They were listening to music before going to bed.
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