Past Continuous

Past Continuous

Past Continuous

GRAMMAR

1 Read the examples. Then choose the correct words to complete the rules.

1 I was taking photographs of the girls’ BMX team.

2 They were riding around the track.

a We use the past continuous to talk about actions in progress at a particular time in the present / the past .

b We form the past continuous with the correct present / past form of be and the infinitive / -ing form of the verb.

Past Continuous

GRAMMAR

2 Choose the correct form of the verbs to make past continuous sentences.

1 They were wearing / were wear dark helmets.

2 He isn’t playing / wasn’t playing ice hockey last night.

3 My friends wasn’t talking / weren’t talking about sports.

4 What was he doing / do on the court?

5 Were / Was she watching the games?

Yes, she was / were .

6 Mark is climbing / was climbing yesterday.

7 My parents was going / were going to a bike race.

8 Were they listening / listen to the match?

No, they weren’t / wasn’t .

Past Continuous

GRAMMAR

3 Look at the picture of a park last Saturday morning. Write positive and negative past continuous sentences about what the people were and weren’t doing.

1 Adam and Pete were running.

They were skating skate.

2 Myla was throwing a ball.

She wasn’t hitting a ball.

3 Karl and Liam weren’t playing squash.

They were kicking a ball.

4 Megan and Anna weren’t cycling.

They were climbing.

5 Lucy was catching a ball.

She wasn’t doing athletics.

0 Kim / play tennis / swim

Kim was playing tennis. She wasn’t swimming.

1 Adam and Pete / run / skate.

2 Myla / throw a ball / hit a ball.

3 Karl and Liam / play squash / kick a ball.

4 Megan and Anna / cycle / climb.

5 Lucy / catch a ball / do athletics.

Past Continuous

GRAMMAR

4 Write questions in the past continuous.

0 you / do / sports at 3.30 yesterday?

Were you doing sports at 3.30 yesterday?

1 what / you / do / at 8.30 yesterday evening?

2 you / read / at 10.30 / yesterday evening?

3 what / you / wear last Sunday?

4 you / sleep / at midnight last night?

5 you / have / breakfast at 8.00 this morning?

6 what / do / five minutes ago?

1 What were you doing at 8.30 yesterday evening?

2 Were you reading at 10.30 yesterday evening?

3 What were you wearing last Sunday?

4 Were you sleeping at midnight last night?

5 Were you having breakfast at 8.00 this morning?

6 What were you doing five minutes ago?

5 Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 4.

WORKBOOK: p.17, ex.1-4

The lesson is over!

Good bye!