Past continuous

Past continuous

Open Ended

What were you doing yesterday at 5PM?

Example:

I was at home.

I was watching TV.

At 4.30 I started watching TV.

At 5 PM I was watching TV.

At 6.15 I stopped watching TV.

Fill in the Blanks

While we

going to the park, we saw Michael on the way.

Fill in the Blanks

I

watching TV at eight o’clock.

Multiple Select

We use "was" with:

• I

• you

• he, she, it

• we

• they

Multiple Select

We use "were" with:

• I

• you

• he, she, it

• we

• they

Open Ended

What were they doing yesterday at 3PM?

Open Ended

What was she doing yesterday in the morning?

Negative

Unjumble the sentences:

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doing/what/she/was ?

Fill in the Blanks

swimming?/where/they/were

Fill in the Blanks

you/weren't/listening?

Answer the questions:

Open Ended

Were you playing video games yesterday at 4 PM?

Open Ended

Were we studying English yesterday at this time?

Put it in past continous

Fill in the Blanks

she - write a letter

Fill in the Blanks

you - run

Fill in the Blanks

they - get married

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we - lie on the grass

Fill in the Blanks

he - not die

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you - come back home

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what - happen ?

Fill in the Blanks

we - wait all night

Do NOT forget the "was/were"!

• the -ing part is not a verb

• for example: I was studying - the verb is composed with 2 words

• studying by itself (samotné) means "studování"

Look at the picture for 3 minutes and try to remember what the people were doing yesterday in the park.

What were they doing?

• Mia, Ella 

• Leo, Daniel 

• Lily and Ethan, Sam 

• Kim, Logan

• Maya, Noah and Zoe

• Sarah, Oliver

• Mateo and Jack, Luna 

Open Ended

When do we use past continuous?

Let's find out while reading!

Open Ended

How do you think that the story continues?

Fill in the Blanks

The boy's parents

(die) in a car accident.

Fill in the Blanks

When the boy

(play) with his mice in a conference room in the hotel, he saw a group of witches.

Fill in the Blanks

Then the two boys

(run) to the grandmother's room while the witches were chasing them.

Fill in the Blanks

He was hiding behind a curtain but the witches

(find) him.

Multiple Select

We use past continuous:

• to talk about longer actions that were in progress in the past

• to talk about events, states or habits that happened at a definite time in the past

• to describe repetition or parallel actions

• with stative verbs like "have" or "be" or "like"

Multiple Select

We use past simple:

• to talk about longer actions that were in progress in the past

• to talk about events, states or habits that happened at a definite time in the past

• to describe repetition or parallel actions

• with stative verbs like "have" or "be" or "like"

Open Ended

What have you learnt today?

See you next week!

Do not forget you can also come to extra conversation or grammar practice class.