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TENSE
&
SIMPLE PAST
TENSE
PAST CONTINOUS
TENSE
I was doing
PAST CONTINOUS
TENSE
• I
• He WAS
• She + Ving
• It
• You
• We WERE
• They
PAST CONTINOUS
TENSE
• Anna was
reading a book
at this time
yesterday
afternoon.
PAST CONTINOUS
TENSE
• He was
dreaming at 3
o’clock last
night.
PAST CONTINOUS
TENSE
▪ I was walking home at 9 o’clock
last night.
▪ You were sleeping in your bed at
half past four this morning.
• MAKE SENTENCES.
WHAT WERE YOU
DOUNG AT THE
FOLLOWING TIMES?
1. (at 8 o’clock yesterday
evening)cook dinner
2. (at 5 o’clock last Saturday)go on a
train.
3. (at 10:15 yesterday morning)
study lesson
ANSWERS
1. I was cooking at 8 o’clock
yesterday evening.
2. I was going on a train at 5 o’clock
last Saturday.
3. I was studying lesson at 10:15
yesterday morning.
EXERCISES
4. (at 10:15 yesterday morning)study
lesson.
5. (at 5:30 this morning) sleep in my
bed.
6. (at 7:45 yesterday evening) watch
TV.
ANSWERS
4. I was studying lesson at 10:15
yesterday morning.
5. I was sleeping in my bed at 5:30
this morning.
6. I was watching TV at 7:45
yesterday evening.
SIMPLE PAST-PAST
CONTINUOUS
• Juliet was
playing bowling
when it started
to rain.
SIMPLE PAST-PAST
CONTINUOUS
• They were
playing in the
garden when
their mother
came.
SIMPLE PAST-PAST
CONTINUOUS
• When our
favourite TV.
programme
started, we
were having
dinner.
SIMPLE PAST-PAST
CONTINUOUS
• When the
telephone rang,
John was playing
the computer
games.
SIMPLE PAST-PAST
CONTINUOUS
• Robert was
dancing when
his father came
home.
SIMPLE PAST-PAST
CONTINUOUS
• Beril was working when Gülşen came to
the office.
• When the boss came in, Mary and Betty
were talking.
• Deniz was making a cake when she burnt
her finger.
• When Jesse met Tony, he was going to
clinic.
SIMPLE PAST-PAST
CONTINUOUS
• While Mr.
Brown was
checking Terry’s
homework,
the bell rang.
SIMPLE PAST-PAST
CONTINUOUS
• Her daughter
called her while
she was working
in front of the
computer.
SIMPLE PAST-PAST
CONTINUOUS
• While Benek
was running, a
man stopped his
car at the corner
of the street.
SIMPLE PAST-PAST
CONTINUOUS
•EXERCISES
CHOOSE THE
SUITABLE ONE
• While I ____________ (watched / was watching),
television, the telephone _________ (rang / was ringing)