Past continuous _bw_
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The past continuous tense is used to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. It is formed using was/were plus the present participle (verb ending in -ing). Some examples of using the past continuous tense are provided to describe actions that were occurring when other past events happened.
Past continuous _bw_
- 1. PAST CONTINUOUS The Past Continuous is used when talking about something that was in progress at a particular time in the past. e.g. They were dancing when I arrived at the hotel. We form the past Continuous from the past tense of be (was/were) + ing form. A) Imagine you arrived at the Hotel yesterday at 3 o’clock. What were these people doing? – Write sentences. There are some verbs in the box that will help you: Walk drink dance fall Lay sleep watch eat ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
- 2. B) Fill in the gaps with the past continuous of the verbs in brackets. Mark __________ (study) when the telephone rang. They __________ ( not/watch) T.V when Susan arrived. _________ we __________ (shop) when we met Susan? I remember _________ (not play) tennis at that time. When I ___________ (make) lunch, Susan called me. _______ James _______ (do) his homework when his mother asked him for help? While I _________ (cross) the street, a car had a puncture. The teacher ________ (not/talk) when John arrived. The pupils _________ (play) when the bell rang. Lucy _________ (study) when someone knocked at the door. ________ one of the students ________ (cheat) when the teacher looked at her? C) Make sentences with past progressive verbs. When I walked in /children fight (affirmative) At 9.00 on Sunday we watch TV. (Affirmative.) When I saw him he was holding a paper /but he read (negative) When you heard them, they speak English? (question)
- 3. B) Fill in the gaps with the past continuous of the verbs in brackets. Mark __________ (study) when the telephone rang. They __________ ( not/watch) T.V when Susan arrived. _________ we __________ (shop) when we met Susan? I remember _________ (not play) tennis at that time. When I ___________ (make) lunch, Susan called me. _______ James _______ (do) his homework when his mother asked him for help? While I _________ (cross) the street, a car had a puncture. The teacher ________ (not/talk) when John arrived. The pupils _________ (play) when the bell rang. Lucy _________ (study) when someone knocked at the door. ________ one of the students ________ (cheat) when the teacher looked at her? C) Make sentences with past progressive verbs. When I walked in /children fight (affirmative) At 9.00 on Sunday we watch TV. (Affirmative.) When I saw him he was holding a paper /but he read (negative) When you heard them, they speak English? (question)
- 4. B) Fill in the gaps with the past continuous of the verbs in brackets. Mark __________ (study) when the telephone rang. They __________ ( not/watch) T.V when Susan arrived. _________ we __________ (shop) when we met Susan? I remember _________ (not play) tennis at that time. When I ___________ (make) lunch, Susan called me. _______ James _______ (do) his homework when his mother asked him for help? While I _________ (cross) the street, a car had a puncture. The teacher ________ (not/talk) when John arrived. The pupils _________ (play) when the bell rang. Lucy _________ (study) when someone knocked at the door. ________ one of the students ________ (cheat) when the teacher looked at her? C) Make sentences with past progressive verbs. When I walked in /children fight (affirmative) At 9.00 on Sunday we watch TV. (Affirmative.) When I saw him he was holding a paper /but he read (negative) When you heard them, they speak English? (question)
- 5. B) Fill in the gaps with the past continuous of the verbs in brackets. Mark __________ (study) when the telephone rang. They __________ ( not/watch) T.V when Susan arrived. _________ we __________ (shop) when we met Susan? I remember _________ (not play) tennis at that time. When I ___________ (make) lunch, Susan called me. _______ James _______ (do) his homework when his mother asked him for help? While I _________ (cross) the street, a car had a puncture. The teacher ________ (not/talk) when John arrived. The pupils _________ (play) when the bell rang. Lucy _________ (study) when someone knocked at the door. ________ one of the students ________ (cheat) when the teacher looked at her? C) Make sentences with past progressive verbs. When I walked in /children fight (affirmative) At 9.00 on Sunday we watch TV. (Affirmative.) When I saw him he was holding a paper /but he read (negative) When you heard them, they speak English? (question)