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the afternoon tea.
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Formation of the Pest Continuous: Subject + was/were + verb with “ing”
‘Task 1, Fillin the blanks with "was" er “were”
1. You!
2, He Jeating with his fingers!
3. They_[—___] shouting "Hooray"
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5. What ]__you doing yesterday?
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(shout)?
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2. She was f
3. Why were you
4. They wererit
5. Why was the teacher
Task 4. Moke sentences from the cues
Example: John / talk / during class. John was talking during class.
1We / think / about recycling L
2
3
4
They / not / sing /at the concert
T/ not / pay /attention_|
Why /you / not / watch / the movie
| it raining last night?
We having a great time
‘Susan and Joanne _{- ‘olking al ight
Who singing in the bathroom?
10. Why. she crying?
Mark and t [| raring in the hall
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she [
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wearing your hat, It was mine
checking my Facebook account.
laughing just now.
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‘They were, “]_ (swim) in a river.
We were (ence) and coughing
He wasnt (ook) ot you.
(text) while diving,
5 Who / clap / at the end?
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correct form of the verb
Twas reading / read a bock when my mother was coming / eam in.
He was taking / took a shower when the lights went / were going off
‘The ran started / was starting to fall while we walked / were walking in the pork
We were eating / ate cur dinner when someone knocked / was kreckingon the door
‘They were walking / walked to school when suddenly they saw / were seeing an unusual lightAn accident
Two cars were going down
Second Street in Lawrence,
Kansas. A middle-aged woman
was driving a Chevrolet. Right
behind her, a teenage student
was driving an old Ford. The
woman was driving slowly and
carefully. The student wasn't
driving carefully. He was
worrying about his classes in
school. He was doing badly in
Spanish and physics. He was
worrying about the final exams,
so he wasn’t paying attention to
the road. The traffic light was
green. A young woman was
walking down the street. A cat
was sitting on the corner near
the traffic light. A dog was sitting
on the opposite corner.
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young woman saw theaccident. She ran to a telephone booth. The police and an ambulance came
immediatelyMake questions using the Past Continuous ane
following words then give short answers,
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STheepeonle were dong spo.
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oe birds were sng
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Affirmative and negative
1 choose the correct answers.
They waset /eren’ walking down the sret.
1 Grandpa|wasn't / weren't listening to the radio.
2 The men was / were robbing a bank
3 Lwas / were taking o my fiends
4 You wasnt / weren'lstening to your teacher.
5 Mom was / were cleaning the batroom.
6 We wasnt / werent shoplifting
7 twas / were raining yesterday evening
2 complete the sentences with the affirmative (7)
or negative (X) past progressive form of the
verbs in parentheses.
They werent dong (8) he ooo.)
4 I thouaht they! study) history. (7)
2 You! (make) a cake. (X)
3 He Jicome) out of the sports
center, (X)
4 Mark C (wait) for his train, (7)
5 IL Jt at 8am tis moning (7)
6 You_ \(play) in the concert. (x)
7 Emily (talk) to her teacher. (/)
8 Mom! watch) the TV. (x)
9 Wel) (walk) through the park. (/)
yes / no questions and short answers
3 Complete the questions in the past progressive.
‘Then write affirmative or negative short answers.
‘Were we living in Sao Paulo?
(we / live) in Sao Paulo?
() No.we/ you weren't
l
(you / have) dinner?
(the boys / go) to the movies?
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5 |
(Dad / clean) the car?
we
4 Wirite sentences inthe past progressive with the
words below.
While /1/ speak with my friend / my brother /
play / soccer
While Iwas speaking with my friend, my brother
was, soccer.
4 We / cook / while /
2 Kate / listen jto nese (atle als
3 While / they / play / computer games /1/ watch /
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4 While /it/ rain / we / sit / in the kitchen
J
uj sleep
5 Dad / climb / a mountain / while / Mom / do / a
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Part 1: Julia. Match the questions to the correct answer.
1. Where was Julia sitting A.a violin
that afternoon? [_}
_ B. She was having a cup
What was she doing there? [ of coffee.
What was the weather like? (—_] C. Itwas sunny.
What instrument was D. On the balcony
someone playing? [|
E. She was reading the
Why did she decide label of the tomato jar.
to make spaghetti? [
What was she doing when F. She was walking
the jar slipped out of her hand? [ without looking,
What were the people at the G. She was waiting to pay
supermarket doing when at the checkout.
she broke the glass? [
H. She was walking by.
What was she doing when
she knocked over a
display of chips? |. Beacuse she was
— feeling hungry.
What was the manager doing
when she saw Julia?)
J.They were staring at
. Where was Julia when Julia and whispering to
she noticed she didn't each other.
have her wallet?Part 2: Peter and Isabella. Match and draw lines.
‘What was Peter doing
when he smelt the smoke?
‘Where was the smoke
coming from?
‘What was happening in
Mrs. Brown's apartment?
‘What was Mrs. Brown doing?
What did Peter do?
How did the fire start?
‘What was Isabella doing?
The flames were
spreading quickly.
He was watching TV.
‘She was shouting “Help!”
She was taking a shower.
Itwas coming from the
corridor.
He called an ambulance.
It started when some
candles were burning and
fell down,