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    Team name: Glory Topic: past continuous explanation and exercise The document provides an explanation of how to use the past continuous tense to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It gives examples of using the past continuous to describe background actions compared to shorter completed actions expressed in the simple past. The document concludes with two exercises for learners to practice filling in blanks with the correct past continuous form of verbs.

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    Brunch: Hayahulet Golagul tower
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    Past continuous
    We use the simple past to talk about actions and states which we see as
    completed in the past.

    We can use it to talk about a specific point in time.

     We use the past continuous to talk about past events which went on for
    a period of time. We use it when we want to emphasize the continuing
    process of an activity or the period of that activity.( If we just want to
    talk about the past event as a simple fact, we use the past simple.)

    Example: While I was driving home, Peter was trying desperately to contact
    me. Were you expecting some one?

    Sorry, were you sleeping?

    In the 1990s few people were using mobile phone.

     We often use it to describe a “background action” When something else


    happened.
     When we use simple past and past continuous in the same sentence
    like the following examples, we use the past continuous to talk about
    the background action and the past simple to talk about shorter
    completed action.

    Example: I was walking in the street when I was suddenly fell over.

    She was talking to me on the phone and it suddenly went dead.

    They were still waiting for the plane when I spoke to them.

    The company was declining rapidly before he took charge.

    We were just talking about it before you arrived.


    Exercise
    1. Using the past continuous tense, fill in the blanks with the correct
    forms of the verbs shown in brackets.

    For example : I ……………………………………………….. a salad. (To make)

    I was making a salad.

    They ………………………………………..to find some boots.(to try )

    They were trying to find some boots.

    1. He ……………………………………..a book. (to read)


    2. She…………………………………….school. (to attend)
    3. We…………………………………….money. (to save)
    4. It ………………………………………. (to thunder)
    5. They………………………………….for the exam. ( to study)
    6. We …………………………………… ourselves.( to sun)
    7. They………………………………….there way.( to lead)
    8. You…………………………………….by bus.( to leave)
    9. We…………………………………….through the snow.(to plod)
    10.You …………………………………….your goals. ( to attain)

    2. Using the past continuous tense, fill in the blanks with the correct
    forms of the verbs shown in the brackets.
    For example: ………..you……………..last night? (To work)
    Were you working last night?
    It …………not …………….. (To rain)
    It was not raining
    They……………….. home. (To hurry)
    They were hurrying home.

    1. We …………………………………………….for the test. ( to prepare)


    2. …………………she …………………notes? ( to take)
    3. I …………….not ………………long. ( to wait)
    4. They ……………………………………..at Wolcott. ( to shop)
    5. ……………..it not …………………outside? ( to freeze)
    6. She…………………………on Almond street last year. ( to live)
    7. ……………….you……………..supper when the phone rang? ( to eat)
    8. He ……………………………asleep by the time the lesson ended. (to fall)
    9. ……………..we not …………………..the next chapter? ( to discuss)
    10.They …………………………their books away, when their friends arrived. (
    to put)
    11.You ……………………not ……………………..the news. (to follow)
    12.………………….. I ……………….too much noise? ( to make)

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