NAME: _______________________ DATE: _________________

Grammar Self-Check
(Unit 4, page 41)

GRAMMAR. The past continuous

Look at these questions and answers with the past continuous.

What were you doing last night at eight? I was watching TV.
Was the car making that noise this morning? Yes, it was. / No, it wasn’t.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Complete these statements.
1. The past continuous form has two parts: (a) the past form of ____________ and
(b) the ____________ participle form of a verb.
2. The past forms of be are ____________ and ____________.

Look at this sentence with the past continuous and the simple past.

past continuous simple past tense

I was going too fast when I had the accident.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
The past continuous or the simple past tense? Complete these grammar rules.

1. _________________ shows an action that continued during a period of time in

the past.
2. _________________ shows an action that occurred and then ended.

Top Notch 2 Unit 4

Copyright  2006 by Pearson Education. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.