FORM: We form the Past Continuous from the past tense of be (was/were) + -ing form.

AFFIRMATIVENEGATIVEINTERROGATIVE

Mary Was studying.

Mary and Sue were studying.Mary wasnt studying.

Mary and Sue werent studying.Was she studying?

Were they studying?

USE: We use the Past Continuous to say that something was in progress at a certain time in the past.

Example: At 5 oclock Mark was playing football with his friends.

NOTE: Verbs of thinking and feeling usually do not use the Past Continuous but the Past Simple.

E.g.: think, know, see, hear, like.

C) Look at the picture again and answer the following questions:

Was Leticia playing football?

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Was Laura riding a bike?

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Were Eugenio and Alejandra sitting under a tree?

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Were Hector and Cesar drinking a coke?

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D) Write sentences in the negative and affirmative:

Example: Mary / not draw / in class / (read) Mary wasnt drawing in class. She was reading.

The children / not play/ on the beach / (swim)

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You / not listen to me / (talk)

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My parents / not watch TV / (work)

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Ann / not laugh / (cry)

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My sister / not sleep / ( study)

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I / not eat / (drink)

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Fill in the gaps with the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

The teacher __________ (not talk) when Mary arrived.

The pupils __________(play) when the bell rang.

Lucy __________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the door.

Marks parents __________(write) him a letter when they heard a crash.

Ann __________ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang.

They __________(not watch) TV when their parents arrived.

B) Look at the picture and write sentences. Use The Past Continuous.

Example: Cesar and hector were playing football.

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