Past continuous

Past continuous

The aim of the lesson is to understand what past continuous is and how to use it.

Structure

Subject + was/were + v-ing

e.g. I was playing tennis yesterday afternoon.

Structure

• I, he, she, it + was + v-ing = He was watching TV.

• We, you, they + were + v-ing = We were watching TV.

What does it show?

Past continuous shows longer actions in the past.

She started listening to music in the past, continued and then finished listening in the past.

Now for some questions.

Multiple Choice

We were ................ around the park

• climb

• doesn`t run

• running

• is eating

Multiple Choice

They ............... watching a film yesterday afternoon

• weren`t

• wasn`t

• don`t

• isn`t

Multiple Choice

You ....... visiting your friends

• was

• were

• are

• is

Negative

To make negative we add not or n't.

e.g. I was not watching TV / I wasn't watching TV.

It is more natural to was wasn't or weren't when you are speaking.

Multiple Choice

What's the correct option?

• They wasn't surfing on the beach.

• They wasn't surf on the beach.

• They weren't surf on the beach.

• They weren't surfing on the beach.

Fill in the Blank

Write the sentence in past continuous:

Mark/not/clean his bedroom.

Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentence:

Jeremy, Thomas and I _________________ in our geography project. (no/work)

Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentence using past continuous negative.

My mom ______________________ attention to my story last night (not/pay)

Questions

(Question word) + Was/were + subject + v-ing

e.g. What were you doing yesterday?

e.g. Were you playing tennis last week?

Remember when making a question, you need to move the position of the was/were in front of the subject of the sentence.

Fill in the Blank

Were you ... (read) all evening?

Fill in the Blank

... Tom talking to you yesterday?

Multiple Choice

Was ... playing computer games?

• they

• we

• you

• he

Multiple Choice

... they waiting for a bus?

• Were

• Was

• Is

• Are

Multiple Choice

... she swimming?

• Is

• Are

• Was

• Were

Time to practice alone

Complete the exercises following this link:

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-continuous-exercise-3.html

Now it is time for a test

We will now move on to a quizizz test and the result will be added to bakalari as a result.