Past Contunuous

​Past Continuous

​Past Continuous

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​Past Continuous

we use it to describe an action in progress at a specific moment in the past.

​Dad called , but Mum

• was making dinner.

• was reading the recipe book.

• was wearing the table.

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​Dad called.

​Simple Past

Past Continuous

Mom was making dinner.

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​Past Continuous

To form the verb we need to put verb BE in the past and add ing to the main verb.
WAS/WERE + Ving

​was cooking

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​Past Continuous

1. It is a long action.

2. We need to show the period of time.
   a) from 5 till 6 yesterday / all day yesterday / while / when
   b) the period can be stopped by another action in the past (Past Simple)

​She was cooking all evening yesterday.

She was cooking when dad called.

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I​

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walking home at 6 o'clock last night.

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was

were

are

is

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I don't know what the men said because they ​ ​

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talking too quietly for me to hear.

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She ​

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looking at her phone when she fell over.

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was

is

are

were

Multiple Choice

My sisters _________ at a YouTube video.

• did laughing

• was laughing

• were laughing

• laughing

Multiple Choice

........ she reading a magazine when Peter arrived?

• were

• was

• do

• did

Multiple Choice

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

• weren`t

• wasn`t

• don`t

• isn`t