República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular Para la Educación

U.E.M “Juan De Dios Guanche”

Subject: English

Teacher : Adelaida mail: adeladu1976@gmail.com

Practice Guide #4. First year

Past continuous
Use the past continuous to describe an action that took place in the past.

I
Grammar:
HE
I was eating a hot dog yesterday.
SHE Was

IT subject+ auxiliary+ verb+ ing+ complement

YOU
WE
Were You were eating a hot dog.
THEY

subject+ auxiliary+ verb+ ing+ complement

1.Write sentences in past continuous:

a. Peter was listening (listen) to music last night.
b. Carl and Joan were working (work) at the office yesterday.
c. My mother ______________ (go) shopping last Saturday.
d. Helen __________________ (write) a letter.
e. The dogs________________ (eat) meat.
f. The doctor________________ (take) a break.
g. They_____________________ (drink) a soda.
h. She ____________________ (study) math last week.
i. Peter _____________________ (skate) in the park last weekend.
j. The dog ___________________ (sleep) in a box.
k. we _______________________(dance) in the party.

Question form

auxiliary+ subject+ verb+ ing+ complement+?

Grammar

Was Emilio washing his car? Interrogative

Yes, he was Positive form

Answer
No, he wasn´t Negative form

2.Answer these following questions.

a. Was she listening to music?
Yes, she listening to music.
No, she wasn’t listening to music.
b. Were they playing basketball last Saturday?
Yes, they were playing basketball last Saturday.
No, they weren’t playing basketball last Saturday.
c. Was Helen sending an email last night?
Yes, ______________________________________.
No, ______________________________________.
d. Was the dog sleeping in the box?
Yes, ______________________________________.
No, ______________________________________.
e. Were you doing the homework last night?
Yes, _____________________________________.
No, _____________________________________.
f. Were Carol and John traveling to Spain last year?
Yes, ______________________________________.
No, ______________________________________.
3.Answer these following questions with question words. For example:
What were you doing at 3:00 p.m.?
I was sleeping at 3:00 p.m.
a. What were you doing at 5: 00 p.m.?
I __________________________.
b. Where were you studying?
I __________________________.
c. What time were you going home?
I ______________________________.
d. What were we eating yesterday?
___________________________.
4.Look at Samuel’s class schedule.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

7.00-7.45 History Spanish Mathematics English Geography

7.45-8.30

8.30-8.45 RECESS

8.45-9.30 Biology Civics Arts Computer Music

9.30-10.15

10.20-11.05 Phys.Ed English Biology Spanish Mathematics

11.05-1150

a. Samuel has English on Tuesdays and Thursday

b. He has Mathematics on Wednesday and Friday
c. He has arts on Wednesday.
d. Spanish the classes are on Tuesday and Thursday
e. He has Phys. Ed on Monday

Now look your class schedule and write.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

7.00-7.45

7.45-8.30

8.30-8.45 RECESS

8.45-9.30

9.30-10.15

10.20-11.05

11.05-1150

Write sentences and explain your class schedule.

a. _________________________________.
b. _________________________________.
c. _________________________________.
d. _________________________________.

5.Complete the following conversation with the words. Thursdays, today,

Biology, sure, don´t, what, carefully, clock.
The school schedule
Veronica: At ______ time is the history class?
Jenny: It’s at 9:00 o´_______.
Veronica: And the ________ class?
Jenny: We _______ have Biology _________.
Veronica: You are right I think it´s on Tuesdays and _________ at 11:00 o´clock.
Jenny: I’m not ________. I think we better copy the school schedule _________.

6. use your creativity and make a crossword about your class subjects:

Nota: realizar el glosario de nuevas palabras con

su fonética de acuerdo a la guía.