Past Continuous
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The document provides information about using the past continuous tense in English. It discusses how the past continuous is used to describe an ongoing action in the past, and can be used with time expressions like "at 11:00 pm" or verbs in the simple past like "when the phone rang." It also covers pronunciation, examples of using while and when, and exercises for practicing forming questions and answers in the past continuous.
Past Continuous
- 2. He was watching TV.
- 3. form
- 4. was / were + ING
- 5. I he was she it watching TV. we you were they
- 6. +ive He was watching TV.
- 7. -ive He was not watching TV.
- 8. -ive He wasn’t watching TV.
- 9. ?ive Was he watching TV?
- 10. s.a. Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t.
- 11. The Past Continuous is used to indicate a verb in course at a point in the past.
- 12. The Past Continuous is used to indicate a verb in course at a point in the past.
- 13. I was reading a book…
- 14. I was reading a book… at 11.00 pm.
- 15. at 11.00 pm now I was reading
- 16. The point in the past can be a time expression: at 11.00 pm at midnight in 1995 at the start of the lesson
- 17. I was reading a book…
- 18. I was reading a book… when the phone rang.
- 19. when the phone rang now I was reading
- 20. The point in the past can be also a verb in the past simple: when the phone rang when sun rose when I arrived when the lesson started
- 21. don’t forget
- 22. don’t forget state verbs are not used in the continuous tenses
- 23. I was wanting an ice-cream. I wanted an ice-cream.
- 24. when and while
- 25. She was studying when he called. = When he called, she was studying.
- 26. subordinate introduced by ‘when’ She was studying when he called. = When he called, she was studying.
- 27. She was studying when he called. When she was studying, he called.
- 28. main clause can be past continuous or simple She was studying when he called. When she was studying, he called.
- 29. He called while she was studying. While she was studying, he called.
- 30. ‘while’ only before continuous subordinate He called while she was studying. While she was studying, he called.
- 31. pronunciation
- 32. He was talking.
- 33. He was talking.
- 36. We were talking.
- 37. wiː wə talkɪŋ.
- 38. ə wiː wə talkɪŋ.
- 39. exercise
- 40. compose 3 unusual questions for each type
- 41. What were you doing at… ? What were you doing when… ? Were you … at/when … ?
- 42. ask and answer with your neighbour
- 43. homework
- 44. module 4, part 3 take your ‘Biggest Diamond’ stories and add 4 sentences with the Past Continuous