3ESO Past Continuous

3rd ESO: Past Continuous

What is the past continuous?

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Multiple Choice

I ...... (use) my mobile phone when you arrived.

• were using

• was using

• is using

• are using

Multiple Choice

They ............ (not eat) a sandwich at 8 pm.

• aren't eating

• wasn't eating

• weren't eating

• isn't eating

Multiple Choice

.................... (he / work) all morning yesterday?

• Is he working

• Wasn't he working

• Was he working

• Were he working

​Open your Student's Book on page 24 and take a look at exercise 1a (Grammar in context 2)

Multiple Choice

1. The poor man on the bike was shouting at them

• a completed action in the past

• two completed actions in the past that happened one after the other

• an activity in progress in the past

• an activity in progress in the past interrupted by a sudden action

Multiple Choice

2. While he was travelling in a taxi, he saw a crime

• a completed action in the past

• two completed actions in the past that happened one after the other

• an activity in progress in the past

• an activity in progress in the past interrupted by a sudden action

action in progress (past continuous) with an interruption​ (past simple)

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​While + past continuous

​I heard a noise while I was watching a movie

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When + past simple​

​I was watching a movie when I heard a noise

Multiple Choice

3. He ran out of the taxi

• a completed action in the past

• two completed actions in the past that happened one after the other

• an activity in progress in the past

• an activity in progress in the past interrupted by a sudden action

Multiple Choice

4. He saw the muggers and told the driver to stop

• a completed action in the past

• two completed actions in the past that happened one after the other

• an activity in progress in the past

• an activity in progress in the past interrupted by a sudden action

​Student's Book page 24: exercise 2

​Look at the pictures and write complete sentences in past continuous

​If there is an X -> negative sentence

Let's practice a few more past continuous sentences​

Multiple Choice

I _____________________ (run) when you saw me because I was late

• am running

• is running

• was runing

• was running

Multiple Choice

They _____________________ (wait) for a bus when the car crashed.

• were waiting

• weren't waiting

• was waiting

• wasn't waiting

Multiple Choice

Gabi and Laura _____________________ (dance) at 8pm.

• was danceing

• were dancing

• were danceing

• was dancing

Multiple Choice

Peter and Tom _____________________ (not / laugh) when Ben fell in the river.

• wasn't laughing

• was not laughing

• weren't laughing

• weren't laugh

Multiple Choice

_____________ (you/watch) him?

• Were you watching

• Was you watching

• Weren't you watching

• Wasn't you watching

Multiple Choice

_____________ (she/take) photos at the wedding?

• Were she takeing

• Were she taking

• Was she takeing

• Was she taking