PAST CONTINUOUS

Presentation

What were you doing yesterday at 4?And what were your parents and sister,

brothers doing?• Yesterday at 4 I was watching TV.I was

watching Dr House, this is my

favourite programme.

• My sister was doing her homework.

• My brothers were playing

with our dog.

• My father was sleeping, because he

was very tired.

• My mother was reading a romantic story.

Answer the questions.

• What was the father doing?

• What were the brothers doing?

• What was the mother doing?

• What was the sister learning?

• What kind of programme was I watching?

PAST CONTINUOUS

állítás

I was playing

You were playing

He/she/it was playing

We were playing

You were playing

They were playing

Past Continuous

tagadás

I wasn’t playingYou weren’t playingHe/she/it wasn’t playingWe weren’t playingYou weren’t playingThey weren’t playing

Past Continuous

kérdés

Was I playing?Were you playing?Was he/she/it playing?Were we playing?Were you playing?Were they playing?

Practise: use the verbs in past continuous

sleep not watch cook play read dance• My mother ________________our dinner.• My grandmother _____________TV.• I ____________ in my bedroom.• My friends ____________with my cat.• Ben ___________ a very good book.• _____Jane and Mark __________?.

Check.

• My mother was cooking our dinner.

• My grandmother wasn’t watching TV.

• I was sleeping in my bedroom.

• My friends were playing with my cat.

• Ben was reading a very good book.

• Were Jane and Mark dancing?

Correct the mistakes.

• I weren’t sitting at my desk.

• My dog were sleeping.

• My father weren’t working.

• My best friend weren’t watching TV.

• Jill were having a shower.

• Were my grandfather read a book?

• Was my brothers play with my cat?

Check.

• I wasn’t sitting at my desk.

• My dog was sleeping.

• My father wasn’t working.

• My best friend wasn’t watching TV.

• Jill was having a shower.

• Was my grandfather reading a book?

• Were my brothers playing with my cat?

Translate the sentences.

• Mikor megérkeztem, mindenki evett.

• Egész múlt héten keményen dolgoztam.

• Aludtam, mialatt a fiútestvérem nézte a tévét.

• Tegnap ötkor a döntőt néztem.

Check.

• When I arrived, everybody was eating.

• All last week I was working hard.

• I was sleeping while my brother was watching TV.

• Yesterday at 5 I was watching the final.

The end.

Congratulations. You have learnt a new tense,

past continuous.

Gabriella Juhász