Past continuous1
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The document discusses the past continuous tense, including its formation with the verbs "be" and the "-ing" form of other verbs, its uses to describe actions that were ongoing in the past or happening simultaneously with other past actions, and provides examples contrasting the past continuous and past simple tenses. It also includes exercises testing memory of details from a picture shown for one minute to practice using the past continuous as an eyewitness.
Past continuous1
- 2. Past continuous tense The farmer was working at 6 o’clock yesterday evening
- 3. I was You We were playing They He She was It
- 4. Past continuous tense I nterrogative N e g a t i v e Was not was I I Wasn’t you You were not were we We weren’t playing? playing they They he He was not was she She wasn’t it It
- 5. Uses of the past continuous We use the past continuous tense to describe a past action over a period of time What were they doing yesterday at 8 o’clock? They were working all day.
- 6. We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time. This time yesterday the hairdresser was working
- 7. Past simple and past continuous are used together when something happened in the middle of something else The policeman broke his ankle while he was running after the dog
- 8. The past simple and the past continuous do not mean exactly the same. Compare: When Mary arrived, we were When Mary arrived, we had having dinner. dinner. This means that we already started This means that Mary arrived first and dinner before Mary arrived. then we had dinner.
- 9. Time expressions: While, as, when. While the band was playing a mobile phone rang.
- 10. What were Mike and Louise doing yesterday?
- 11. When the teacher arrived at school…
- 15. Practice: Do you have a good memory? Are you a good witness? • Directions: Look at the following picture for one minute. Try to remember as many details as you can, but don’t write anything.
- 16. Only one minute… • Ready, go ….
- 17. One minute…
- 18. What do you remember? 1. How many people were there? 2. Where were the people? 3. What was hanging from the ceiling? 4. What was the bank robber holding? 5. What was the bank robber wearing? 6. What color was his hair? 7. What was covering the bank robber’s face? 8. Was the bank robber right-handed or left-handed? 9. What was the bank manager doing? 10. What was the bank teller doing? 11. Who was walking into the bank? 12. What time was it? 13. What was under the bank manager’s desk?