Past Continuous

Past Continuous

by Sharane de Bruin

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Fill in was/were: You

calling me when I emailed you this afternoon

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Fill in was/were: When we got to the house yesterday morning, the baby

drinking a bottle.

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Fill in was/were: He

waiting at home all day when she sent him the message.

​Past Continuous

When? We use the ‘Past Continuous Tense’ when we talk about what we were doing in the past or when something was happening in the past. that were going on in the past. 

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Example: 

I was doing my homework.

We were making notes while the teacher was explaining the grammar.

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Signal words:When. While

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How do we form the Past Continuous

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Multiple Choice

was we use with the subjects

• I (ik) & he / she / it (hij / zij / het)

• you (jij/jullie) & we (wij) & they (zij meervoud)

Multiple Choice

Were we use with the subjects:

• I (ik) & he / she / it (hij / zij / het)

• you (jij/jullie) & we (wij) & they (zij meervoud)

Multiple Choice

I was baking a cake.

Is this sentence correct?

• correct

• wrong

Multiple Choice

The boy and his mother was playing the piano.

Is this sentence correct?

• correct

• wrong

Multiple Choice

The students was changing tires during class.

Is this sentence correct?

• correct

• wrong

​Past Continuous - Rules of Conjugation

​Affirmative was/were + verb -ing

Ex. I was watching NBA last night.

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Negative wasn't/weren't + verb -ing

​Ex. Nathan wasn't doing his homework.

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Interrogative Was/Were + subj. + verb -ing

​​Ex. Were you playing Fortnite instead?

​Past Continuous - Spelling

​When a verb ends in the letter ‘-e’, you drop the ‘-e’ before adding -ing

live → living 

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When a verb consists of 1 syllable, a short vowel, and end in a consonant, you double the consonant before adding - ing. 

shop → shopping 

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When a verb consists of 1 syllable, and ends in ‘ie’, you drop the ‘-ie’ before adding -ying

die → dying 

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I ______ _________ play) a game.

Complete the sentence

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The boy ______ _________(not eat) his spaghetti.

Complete the sentence

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______ the monkey_________(laugh) out loud.

Complete the sentence

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They ______ _________(to watch) a 3D movie.

Complete the sentence

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We ______ _________(dance) at the disco.

Complete the sentence

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The boys ______ _________(play) football.

Complete the sentence

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Make a question in the Past Continuous: the dog / eat / his snack

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Make a question in the Past Continuous: students / play / a game / in class.

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Tim

(sleep) in class this morning.