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Study the chart and complete it.

Past continuous

The past continuous tense describes an action that was in progress at a time irr the past
Use the verb to be in past (was/were) plus the -ing form of the action verb.

. Use was with l, he, she, it. . Use were with you, we, they.

chatting in the cybercafe. They were iced tea at the snack bar
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. feed . play . tell . read

( a) Adriana ( b) Susy

Adriana waE readinq

abook.

( c) Aunt Sarah ( d) Mrs. Johnson

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a) Was Adriana reading the newspaper?
What was Adriana reading?

b) Was Susy playing alone?

Who was Susy playing with?

c) Was Aunt Sarah feeding the cat in her bedroom?

Where was Aunt Sarah feeding the cat?

d) Was Mr. Johnson telling a story?

Who was telling a story?

5. Read the information below and answer the quest¡ons. @

a) The kids/play marbles/in the street
What were the kids doing?
Where were the kids playing marbles?

b) Richard/paint the house/at 2:00 p.m.

What was Richard doing?
What time was Richard painting the house?

c) Lolly/bake cookies/a lot

What was Lolly doing?
How many cookies was she baking?
d) My brother and l/study English/lastTuesday
What were your brother and you doing?
When were your brother and you studying English?

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cont¡nuous + Simple past

You can use the past continuous and the simple past the same sentence.
Connect them using when.

I was studying you called. She was when you came.

They eat¡ng when he to the store.

7. Look at the picture and write sentences to describe what each person was doing. @

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a Daniel:Yesterday morning when I arrived at school..
a Daniel was ealinq a sandwich.
a Jenny
a Mandy

8. What were your friends doing when you arrived at schoo¡?

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wh e n/wa s/ra i ned ?/Wh atld oi n g/s he/it

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phoned ?/wa s/when/What/they/she/doi n g

11. Use the symbols as a clue to discover the hidden verbs.

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