Pastcontinuous
- 1. FORM: We form the Past Continuous from the past tense of be (was/were) + -ing form. AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE Mary Was studying. Mary wasn´t studying. Was she studying? Mary and Sue were studying. Mary and Sue weren´t studying. Were they studying? USE: We use the Past Continuous to say that something was in progress at a certain time in the past. Example: At 5 o´clock Mark was playing football with his friends. NOTE: Verbs of thinking and feeling usually do not use the Past Continuous but the Past Simple. E.g.: think, know, see, hear, like. A) Fill in the gaps with the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets. • The teacher __________ (not talk) when Mary arrived. • The pupils __________(play) when the bell rang. • Lucy __________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the door. • Mark´s parents __________(write) him a letter when the heard a crash. B) Look at the picture and write • Ann __________ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang. sentences. Use The Past Continuous. Example: Cesar and hector were playing football. • _________________________ • _________________________ • _________________________ • _________________________ • _________________________ • _________________________ • _________________________ • _________________________ • _________________________ • _________________________
- 2. C) Look at the picture again and answer the following questions: • Was Leticia playing football? • _________________________ • Was Laura riding a bike? • _________________________ • Were Eugenio and Alejandra sitting under a tree? • _________________________ • Were Hector and Cesar drinking a coke? • _________________________ D) Write sentences in the negative and affirmative: Example: Mary / not draw / in class / (read) Mary wasn´t drawing in class. She was reading. • The children / not play/ on the beach / (swim) • _________________________________________________ • You / not listen to me / (talk) • _________________________________________________ • My parents / not watch TV / (work) • _________________________________________________
- 3. • Ann / not laugh / (cry) • _________________________________________________ • My sister / not sleep / ( study) • ________________________________________________ • I / not eat / (drink) • _________________________________________________