ast Continuous Tense ‘the Past Continuous negative sentence Tense f Task 1 - Fill in the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the was mot / were not» the In veces weet « he 0 A) ] OB) oe sie By ou the walls of his house yesterday. (ot paint) He | was not / ; 2) Mavis «horse when she broke her arm she | "womnt | watehing TV (at wide) Tr going to the(@)}.| @) 3) The two men heavy boxes yesterday You shame, afternoon. (not carry) We They were not | playing J weren't | basketball raining when you wake me up. (not dream) his teeth at 7 yesterday. (not clean) ©) 6) they hen 2 came in, (not wr) 7) The dog on the bed last right. (rot Mostly the verb gets an sleep) wing in the Present 8) Mr Green mny heir ot 5 yesterday ontinaus Tense ° et ea) sosra sors eins, @) | @® ss cold when T closed the window. (rot 1 the verbs : get) rroosjabie ends with @Q)|-|C@B) 20) The forily the arch when the {2 vowel + consonant, and postman came, (not have) mien KP IKK Ke IO {rouncition then the Task 2 = Write sentences uting the glen words and the = ‘travelling © | ® 1) They * not learn * while * their mum * cook. mulvisyllabe, end 2° point @p) | | @D) holds true of the last syllable then the consonant aft at the end of the verb(@w)|. doubles. Eg. permit, admit 2) While * his tooth * ache * John * not eat * anything, 3) T* rot ask* too much * while * the policeman * question * me. it out. Eg. make -> making ‘There are verbs ending children * not play * football * while * they * stay * on the playgrouns There reverb ending 4) The child i play * football * while * they * stay * on the playground. Gerund form the ie changes into Y" 23 lie > lying Other verbs: die, outlie, tie, untie, .ete, * * bs 6) Dad * not take * the medicine * while * Mum * have * a shower Except ‘There are some verbs that don't use in the past continuous tense, (Because they aren't action verbs) 5) * put * the books * on the shelf * while * you * not do * anything, 7) The cat * not drink * any milk * while * they * look at * it zg: ks, love, hate, smal, 8) While *you* drive * home * it * not rain, ‘seem, believe, understand, realise, belong, know, wont, ee _ need, depend, suppose 9) Ms Johnson * not check her e-mails * while * she * baby-sit * little George. 410) You * not write * anything * while * the teacher * explain * the grammar.7 ( 3 Write the correct forms (Past Continuous) of the verbs on the lines from this list. Task 5 -First make the sentences negative. Then rewrite them with the given information. Look at the example. when Joe asked him, ]9) The two men + not buy + not push 1¢9:! Mike was sleeping in his bed. (on the 1 Sige 1 tole og; ie oe eg ns bc + rotlisten + not set > Mike wasn't sleeping in his bed. He. + notmake + rot think was slessing on the bus + not plan + not wait 1) Temes to the 1) The teacher was teaching the students. (correct ‘news when Emma phoned him, the tests} ‘My family __ for me when T arrived home Joan of the| solution when I asked her. 2) was skating on the lake. (swim in it) 4) The maid the| beds when Joke came in 5) 1 the floor we the Christmas| |3) YoU were opening the door. (close the window) presents at 5 o'clock yesterday. 7?) Anne ‘the table| CB) wie ma was cooking lunch, 8) Dave ‘arything| |4) We were going to school. (travel to Paris) when the police arrived 10) Sally when we met in the supermarket the trolley Task 4 - Find and correct the mistakes. Se" wos cing inthe gorden yesterday, 5) They were drinking some juice. (have dinner) 6) Sally was eating her mum's soup. (pizza) 2) Vesterday the kids wasn't walking all day long. 3) I wasn't wearring my favourite T-shirt when we met. 4) The fire didn't burning at 5 o'clock two days ago. 5) The dog weren't barking last night. 7) Tim and Brad were buying some food. (play tennis) 8) Sue was greeting her parents. (hug) 6) The shop assistant wasn't counted the goods. 7) They weren't siting on a bench in the park yesterday, Ja) James wasn't triing to find a new Flat last week, 9) My neighbour isn't knocking on the door when I arrived home. 9) The new flowers were blooming last week. (two moths ago) 10) My parents were selecting the things in our garage. (paint the walls)