Scavenger Hunt : Past Continuous

1) When do you use the Past Continuous?

2) What are the 4 situations, in the past, that require the Past Continuous?

3) What word is a good hint of an interruption?

4) What word is a good hint that two actions are parallel?

5) What word is a good hint that something happened at a specific time in the past?

6) Write an example of an intteruption. Give a complete sentence.

7) Write an example of two parallel actions. Give a complete sentence.

8) Write an example of an irritating repetitive action in the past. Give a complete sentence.

9) Write an example of an action happening at a specific time. Give a complete sentence.

10) What is the form ot the past continuous? How do you "build" that grammatical form?

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Scavenger Hunt : Past Continuous

1) When do you use the Past Continuous?
In the past.

2) What are the 4 situations, in the past, that require the Past Continuous?
Intterruption
Specific Time
Parallel Actions
Irritating repetitive action

3) What word is a good hint of an interruption?

When

4) What word is a good hint that two actions are parallel?

While

5) What word is a good hint that something happened at a specific time in the past?
"At" or a reference to time (midnight, noon, AM, PM, yesterday, last week).

6) Write an example of an intteruption. Give a complete sentence.

See examples.

7) Write an example of two parallel actions. Give a complete sentence.

See examples.

8) Write an example of an irritating repetitive action in the past. Give a complete sentence.
See examples.

9) Write an example of an action happening at a specific time. Give a complete sentence.

See examples.

10) What is the form ot the past continuous? How do you "build" that grammatical form?
Was/were + present particile

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cific time in the past?

erday, last week).

t. Give a complete sentence.

Give a complete sentence.

ld" that grammatical form?