Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense

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Open Ended

This is Jenny

She usually teaches English at 10 Am every Wednesday.

What about you?

Open Ended

What about last Wednesday?

Last Wednesday, She taught English.

She began at 09:30 and finished at 11:30.

What about you?

Open Ended

Last Wednesday, She taught English.

She began at 09:30 and finished at 11:30.

So, last Wednesday, what was she doing at 10:00 ?

​The correct answer is:

Last Wednesday, She was teaching at 10:00

She was teaching = "She was in the middle of teaching." She had not finished yet.

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Was/were + Verb (ing) is the past continuous.​

Open Ended

Yesterday, Bruno and Jim played tennis.

They began at 10:00 and finished at 11:30.

So, What were they doing at 11:00?

​The correct answer is:

They were playing tennis at 11:00

they were playing= "they were in the middle of playing." They had not finished yet.

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Was/were + Verb (ing) is the past continuous.​

The Past Continuous tense is an important tense in English. We use it to say what we were in the middle of doing at a particular moment in the past.

The affirmative form:

Subject + Be (​in past form) + Verb (ing)

I, he, she, it	was	playing.
you, we, they	were

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Multiple Choice

I ____________ online at 9 o'clock last night. (chat)

• chat

• chatted

• was chatting

• was chating

Multiple Choice

.................. to music at 6 p.m yesterday? ( listen)

• Do you listen

• Are you listening

• Did you listen

• Were you listening

Multiple Choice

Nam and Lan ( read)............ books at 8 p.m yesterday.

• read

• reads

• was reading

• were reading

Multiple Choice

Last night at 9pm,  my father ____________ (listen) to music.

• listened

• was listening

• was doing

• did

Multiple Choice

He ___ ____________ a film yesterday at 9pm.

• was - make

• making - was

• not - making

• was - making

The negative form:

I, he, she, it	was not / wasn't	playing.
you, we, they	were not / weren't

Multiple Choice

What did you say? I _______________ to you. 

• am not listening
• wasn't listening
• didn't listening
• don't listen

Multiple Choice

Max ___________ a book at 5 pm yesterday. (not/read)

• weren't reading

• wasn't reading

• read

• was not read

Multiple Choice

My friend and I ( not/ sleep)..........at 9 a.m last Tuesday.

• don't sleep

• wasn't sleeping

• weren't sleeping

• didn't sleep

Multiple Choice

They ____ (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock

• was not doing

• were not doing

• was not do

Multiple Choice

1] I _____ homework at 10 p.m. yesterday.

• A. was do

• B. was doing

• C. was done

• D. were doing

The interrogative form:

Was	I, he, she, it	Playing?
were	you, we, they

Multiple Choice

______ they swimming when the phone rang?

• Were
• Are
• Do
• Did

Multiple Choice

2] _____ James inventing a toy yesterday morning?

• A. Did

• B. Was

• C. Were

• D. Had

Multiple Select

______ he ________ a gladiator's costume last Halloween?

• What - wear

• Was - wearing

• Does - wearing

• Were - wearing

Multiple Choice

What was he doing yesterday at 7:30?

• He watch television

• They were watching.

• He was watching TV.

• He am watching TV.

Multiple Choice

What _____ you _______ at 3 o'clock yesterday?

• were / doing

• was / doing

• am / do

• is / done