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    The document provides instruction on forming and using the past continuous tense in English. It explains that the past continuous is formed using was/were + verb+ing. It is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past, actions happening simultaneously in the past, or to set a scene by describing ongoing conditions in the past. Several examples are given and exercises provided for the reader to practice forming and using the past continuous tense.

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    Was Were Ing Affirmative Was Ing Were Ing Negative Wasn T Ing Weren T Ing Interrogative Was Ing Were Ing

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    The document provides instruction on forming and using the past continuous tense in English. It explains that the past continuous is formed using was/were + verb+ing. It is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past, actions happening simultaneously in the past, or to set a scene by describing ongoing conditions in the past. Several examples are given and exercises provided for the reader to practice forming and using the past continuous tense.

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    The document provides instruction on forming and using the past continuous tense in English. It explains that the past continuous is formed using was/were + verb+ing. It is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past, actions happening simultaneously in the past, or to set a scene by describing ongoing conditions in the past. Several examples are given and exercises provided for the reader to practice forming and using the past continuous tense.

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    Was Were Ing Affirmative Was Ing Were Ing Negative Wasn T Ing Weren T Ing Interrogative Was Ing Were Ing

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    The document provides instruction on forming and using the past continuous tense in English. It explains that the past continuous is formed using was/were + verb+ing. It is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past, actions happening simultaneously in the past, or to set a scene by describing ongoing conditions in the past. Several examples are given and exercises provided for the reader to practice forming and using the past continuous tense.

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    We make the Past Continuous with was / were+ …ing

    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

    I / he / she / it was singing I/he/she/it wasn´t singing Was I / he / she / it singing?

    you / we / they were singing you / we / they weren´t singing Were you / we / they singing?

    We use the Past Continuous to express:

    a) Actions in progress at a moment in the past.


    E.g.: last night at 9 o’clock I was reading a book.
    b) Describing a scene.
    E.g: It was an awful morning. It was raining heavily and the wind was blowing.

    c) Actions happening at the same time in the past.

    E.g.: My mother was cooking while I was reading a book.

    CONNECTORS: as, because, when, while

    A) What was Mark doing yesterday at …. ? Look at the pictures and write sentences .

    Example: At 4 o´clock he was drinking wine.

    1. ______________________________
    2. ______________________________
    3. ______________________________
    4. ______________________________
    5. ______________________________
    6. ______________________________
    7. ______________________________
    8. ______________________________
    9. ______________________________
    10. ______________________________

    B) Complete with the Past Continuous:

    1. I _______(play) cards while Mark


    _______(watch) TV.

    2. _______ (they listen)to music while they


    _______(study)?

    3. The bees _______(make) honey while the


    Sun _______ (shine).

    4. She _______(not/ learn) French while she


    _______(live) with us.
    C) Write sentences as the example using while.

    Example : Mother / write / a letter – father / shave


    My mother was writing a letter while my father was shaving.

    1. Mark / ride / a bike – sister /play / piano


    __________________________________________

    2. Susan / draw / pictures – grandmother / tell / us / a story


    __________________________________________

    3. It / rain – we / play / tennis


    _________________________________________

    E) Write questions:

    1. ______________________________________________________________________?
    At 8 o’clock I was watching TV.

    2. ______________________________________________________________________?
    When I saw Mark he was playing football.

    3. ______________________________________________________________________?
    I was having a shower while my mother was cooking dinner.

    4. ______________________________________________________________________?
    When we arrived children were playing cards.

    5. ______________________________________________________________________?
    At midnight Mary and Sue were sleeping.

    D) Build up sentences with the correct word order. The verb should go into the Past Continuous.

    1. loudly / talk / very / Susan . _________________________________________________________

    2. and / lunch / Mary / have / John _____________________________________________________

    3. accident / there to be/ an __________________________________________________________

    4. write / she / not? ________________________________________________________________

    5. with / she / go / who? ____________________________________________________________

    6. the / stay / Linda / at / hotel? _______________________________________________________

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