Past Continuous

My parents ____________ when I came home.

• My parents were work

• My parents were working

• My parents was working

• My parents worked

In 2010 you __________ in a small flat in Yorkshire.

• you lived

• you living

• you was living

• you were living

Form a sentence with the following words:

sleeping/ she/ arrived/ was/ I/ while

• I was sleeping while she arrived.

• Was I sleeping while she arrived.

• She arrived while I was sleeping.

• She arrived was while I sleeping.

Fill in the gaps:

They __________ at the supermarket when I __________ them.

• was buying/ was seeing

• were buying/ was seeing

• bought/ was seeing

• were buying/ saw

We use Past Continuous after

• while

• when

We use Past Continuous to

• describe a long action that was interrupted by another action.

• describe events that will take place one day.

• emphasize that an action is finished.

• describe habits in the past.

Stative verbs are usually used in the Past Continuous form.

• True

• False

What is the structure of a question in Past Continuous?

• Do + subject + verb + complements + ?

• Did + subject + verb-ing + complements + ?

• Was/ Were + subject + verb-ed + complements + ?

• Was/ Were + subject + verb-ing + complements + ?

I wasn't watching TV.

She weren't watching TV.

You weren't watching TV.

They were watching TV.

• 1 sentence is correct.

• 2 sentences are correct.

• 3 sentences are correct.

• All sentences are correct.

We can combine two sentences in Past Continuous to say that both actions were taking place at the same time.

• True

• False