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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 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).
Past continuous happens in the past. Past Simple also happens in the past. Past continuous takes longer than Past Simple.
Structure
I was not having fun you were not doing your homework
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.