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Disciplina, exigencia y alto nivel académico. message to her cousin. Judy and Kim C > (have) the afternoon tea. ‘Susan _ (vacuum) my (eat)a bedroom. é cheese HW] sandwich. Helen __ (sunbathe) inthe Caribbean, (ride) his new scooter My dad (play) chess with his ‘Task 2. Negative form. Fill inthe blanks with *wast't” on "weren'?” I was thinking about the PAST CONTINUOUS... 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" 4r wondering if T could borrow this. 5. What ]__you doing yesterday? Thang in your sleep! 16 7, \8 iD 1 Sony. 2 Watering 2. They ‘TL enioyingthemseves mach a ering, Twat jst breathing loud 4. Why | | he reading during Silent Reading? 5. We checked and the pipes leaking pt where you teed V(@rve) me mad “| Cty her feo incessantly. | on (wear) uiforms (shout)? 1 My brother was 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 Please. I string ot you she [ oF course E [ wearing your hat, It was mine checking my Facebook account. laughing just now. dia dovble consonant oasia!) |__ @o) sit-ups. ‘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? Task 5, The past continuous indicates an ongoing activity while the simple past indicates a finished action. Leok and circle the 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 light An 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. eran across the st = - Sy NSS ee a young woman saw theaccident. She ran to a telephone booth. The police and an ambulance came immediately Make questions using the Past Continuous ane following words then give short answers, ES eenrace | Some dos were ing the sun 29), Was the sun shining? 4 2 Four people were sting or hing onthe grass.) C) | | —_____ves, twas, | 3: Abo mas cmting a ee 44 Two people were leering, STheepeonle were dong spo. {8 due was smming in the por “7. Two people were wearing sunglesses, oe birds were sng es. * 4, sme cat/cnase/a bia? Se I s. ce football? — —— * 2, Sam/ stand / neat a wee? Past progressive 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? W) 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 / ——————— 4 While /it/ rain / we / sit / in the kitchen J uj sleep 5 Dad / climb / a mountain / while / Mom / do / a _ - watch the video and complete the exercises PCS sk staatecky om cisist Pret} a ee 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,

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