INSPIRATION 2

Worksheet 2

Past continuous
1 Complete the table with the correct past form of be.

I was using my mobile phone

You were listening to music
He was eating a sandwich at 8pm.
She was laughing when you arrived.
We were watching TV
They were swimming

Now make the sentences negative. Now make questions.

I wasn’t using my mobile phone at 8pm. WAS I USING MY MOBILE PHONE AT 8PM?

YOU WEREN´T LISTENING TO MUSIC AT 8PM WHEN YOU ARRIVED WERE YOU LISTENING TO MUSIC AT 8PM WHEN YOU ARRIVED?

HE WASN´T EATING A SANDWICH AT 8 PM WHEN YOU ARRIVED WAS HE EATING A SADWICH AT 8 PM WHEN YOU ARRIVED?

SHE WASN´T LAUGHING AT 8 PM WHEN YOU ARRIVED WAS SHE LAUCHING AT 8 PM WHEN YOU ARRIVED?

WE WEREN´T WATCHING TV AT 8 PM WHEN YOU ARRIVED WAS HE WATCHING TV AT 8 PM WHEN YOU ARRIVED?

THEY WEREN´T SWIMMING AT 8PM WHEN YOU ARRIVED WERE THEY SWIMMING AT 8PM WHEN YOU ARRIVED?

2 Write questions. 4 Complete the sentences with the past

you / watch him – Were you watching him? continuous form.
1 you / talk 1 I WAS RUNNING (run) when you saw me
WERE YOU TALKING?
because I was late.
2 they / laugh
2 They WERE WAITING (wait) for a bus when the
WERE THEY LAUGHING?
car crashed.
3 she / take photos
WAS SHE TAKING PHOTOS? 3 Gabi and Laura WERE DANCING (dance) at
4 you / shop 8pm.
WERE YOU SHOPPING? 4 Tomek WASN´T EATING (not / eat) a
sandwich when Ben fell into the river.
5 What WERE Carol and Jack
DOING (do) when Pedro phoned?
3 Read the questions you wrote in exercise
6 WAS Sally TAKING
2. Then complete the answers.
(take) a photo when I phoned?
1 No, I WASN´T
7 Pedro and Tomek WEREN´T LAUGHING (not /
2 Yes, they WERE
laugh) when Ben fell in the river.
3 Yes, she WAS
4 No, we WEREN´T
5 Yes, he WAS

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