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BOARD PLAN(S)

On this page show what you would write on the white board during the presentation stage, with example sentences, time-line and reference to form and
meaning.
Past Continuous

My friend called me, when I was watching TV.

8:50 p.m 6:30 p.m 9:30 p.m

My friend calls me at 8:50 I start watching TV at 6:30 and I finish watching TV at 9:30

My friend called me (at 8:50), When I was watching TV (from 6:30 to 9:30).

6:30 8:50 9:30

Past continuous happens in the past. Past Simple also happens in the past. Past continuous takes longer than Past Simple.

Structure

Subject + to be in past (was were) + verb in ing form


I was watching
We were playing
She was crying
They were cooking
How to make a negative sentence in this tense?

We place not after the verb to be

I was not having fun you were not doing your homework

The contracted form is also possible

I wasn’t having fun you were not doing your homework

For Questions we make inversion Subject and Verb to be.

What were you doing yesterday at 12?

What was she doing there?


Past Continuous

I was going to go to the beach, when it started to rain

I didn’t go to the beach because it started to rain. But I wanted to go to the beach.
Structure
Subject + To be in the past ( was were) + verb in ing + to
I was going to buy food
I was going to Madrid
We were going to play football

I was going to the beach=I was on the way to the beach.(my plan was to go to the beach)
When it started to rain= the rain interrupted my plan to go to the beach

We use the past simple when we have plan in the past but it was not finished.
Examples

I was going to buy a bottle of water, but the shop was closed and I couldn’t buy it.

She was going to come to the party but she had an accident.

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