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The Past Continuous Tense
To show what a person was doing at a particular time
in the past, we use the Past Continuous Tense.
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shewas playingbadminton
at this time yesterday.
Shewas cycling
at 9:00am yesterday.
Theywere playing
table tennisat 6:30 last night.
was / were verb+ing
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Past continuous affirmative form
• I• He• She• It
• We• The• You
Was Was
Were
Verb with
ING
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Past continuous interrogative form
• I• He• She• It
• We• The• You
Was Was
Were
Verb with
ING
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Past continuous negative form
• I• He• She• It
• We• The• You
Wasn’t Wasn’t
Weren’t
Verb with
ING
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Simon _________ football at 3 pm yesterday.
The children __________ to school at 8 am yesterday.
Simon play
The children go
was playing
Weren’t going
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Derek
Mandy
Sam & Jess
Derek
was feeding her dog
were eating pasta
at 6 am yesterday.was swimming
at 4 o’clock yesterday.Mandy
at 8 pm last night.Sam and Jess
Exercise.
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We often use the past continuous and past simple tense
in the same sentence.
We do this when we want to talk about a shorter activity that happened
during a longer activity in the past.
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Sam broke his leg yesterday.But when exactly?
when practicing gymnastics
Sam broke his legwhen
he was practicing gymnastics.
shorter action longer action
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watch TV
Cook a pie
Nancy ___________ whenshe ___________a pie.
cut her finger
come
They _______________ TV when she _________.
were watching
cut her fingerwas cooking
came
We ____________ footballwhen it suddenly _______.
play football
rain
were playingrained
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A fire broke out at 8 o’clock last night! What were the peopledoing when the fire
broke out?
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I was playing TV gameswhilemother was cooking.
We were studying whilethe baby was crying.
Sometimes we use the past continuous tense to talk about two or more actions
which were taking place at the same time in the past.
Example
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1. Grandfather2. Grandmother3. Cindy
It’s 3:00pm last Sunday. What were they doing?
4. Billy5. Father6. Mother
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Grandfather ____________TV while grandmother____________.
Cindy _________ her homework while Nicky ____________to the Hi-fi.
Father ____________ beer while mother ___________ some water.
was watching was knitting
was doing
was listening
was drinking was boiling
Exercise
What were they doing one hour later?
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She _____________ when the fire broke out.
was knitting
What was the woman in flat 4A doing when
the fire broke out?
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What were the couple in flat 4B doing when
the fire broke out?
The couple ___________ karaoke songs when the fire broke out.
were singing
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What were the couple in flat 3A doing when
the fire broke out?
The couple ___________ dinner when the fire broke out.
were having
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What was the woman in flat 3B doing when
the fire broke out?
The woman __________ on the phone when the fire broke out.
was talking
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What was the man in flat 2A doing when
the fire broke out?
The man in Flat 2A ___________ a suitcase
when the fire broke out.was packing
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What was the boy in flat 2B doing when
the fire broke out?
The boy in Flat 2B ___________ TV games
when the fire broke out.was playing
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What was the woman in flat 1A doing when
the fire broke out?
The woman in Flat 1A __________ up her flat when the fire broke out.
was tidying
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What were the women in flat 1B doing when
the fire broke out?
The women in Flat 1B ___________ mahjong when the fire broke out.
were playing
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