Past Continuous Tense

Past continuous Tense is......

• to describe an action that happened before the present time and is no longer happening

• used to talk about  actions that were in progress at a specific time/specific moment in the past

• indicates that an action or condition is happening now, frequently, and may continue into the future

• expressing an action that has not yet happened or a state that does not yet exist

The children _____________during the game. (hide).

• hide

• Were hiding

• are hiding

Answer explanation

Yes!!!

The children were hiding during the game.

The boy....................so much when he fell. (cry)

• is crying

• cries

• was crying

What was the teacher teaching?

• The teacher was teaching past continuous.

• The teacher is teaching past continuous.

• The teacher taught past continuous

Answer explanation

you got that right!!!

At 2pm yesterday - The boy.......................a book.

• read

• was reading

• will be reading

Answer explanation

yay!!! that's right..

at 5pm yesterday

• Ella plays a guitar.

• Ella was playing a guitar.

• Ella is playing a guitar.

Identify which of the following are past continuous tenses?

• The children were making lots of noises.

• Sandy is playing with the baby

• I was traveling by bus yesterday.

• The book is on the table.

Describe the picture using past continuous tense.

• She is playing tennis.

• she will be playing tennis.

• She was playing tennis.

What were they doing?

• They are taking a selfie.

• They were taking a selfie

choose the correct past continuous tense

• The children were playing lego.

• The children are playing lego.