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Past Progressive
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Past progressive form :
Past form of BE (was / were) + verb + ing

The past progressive describes an activity

in progress at a particular time in the past.

I was drinking juice.

was +V-ing He was studying English.
It was raining.

You were eating.

were +V-ing We were playing.
They were watching TV.

The present progressive VS The past progressive

Bob is sitting in class right now.

Bob was sitting in class yesterday.

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Practice

Past Progressive
Fill in the blanks using the past progressive form.
was / were + verb + ing

1 Flora the juice yesterday morning. (drink)

2 I on a chair in the classroom. (sit)

3 Gordon a TV program last night. (watch)

4 We homework yesterday. (do)

Complete the sentence using the past progressive form.

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1 Amber started to eat lunch at 2:00.

At 2:10, Marina came.

Peter when Marina came at 2:10.

2 John his favorite show on TV

when his mom called him.

Write sentences using BE (past) + verb + ing.

Odd number(1, 3, 5,...) : use negative form of the verb

Even number(2, 4, 6,...) : use positive form of the verb

Ex) I / watch / comedy show

 I was watching the comedy show. (positive)
 I was not watching the comedy show. (negative)

1 He / drink / coffee

2 They / study / at the library

3 Flora / go / to her friend's house

4 Mrs. Miller / enjoy / the sunshine

5 Doris / read / the newspaper

6 They / swim / near the river / yesterday

7 Joanna / invite / her friends to the party

8 You / listen to the music

9 He / call / his mom

10 Mr. Lee / keep / his wallet

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Past Progressive
Join these words and phrases to make sentences
with was or were.

Diana at school last night.

Darcy in a hospital last year.
Mary at home yesterday.
Paul at the library yesterday.
I in London last week.
She at work last Saturday.

Ex) Diana was doing her homework

at the library yesterday.

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1 Dad / singing / was / in the car.

2 Joanna / was / painting / a picture.

3 teaching / was / Flora / Math.

4 was / making / Mrs. Anderson / spaghetti.

5 was / jogging / Shawn / in the park.

6 Luc / baseball / playing / was / in the field.

7 with his sister / was / Shawn / running.

Read and underline the past progressive form.

Past Progressive
Last Sunday, we were having a party at
Flora's house. Gordon counted 20 people there.
We laughed and played games. It was great.
When we were dancing together,
Flora's mom joined us.
We had a great time.

Unscramble the words to make sentences.

1 Where / you / were / going / yesterday / ?

2 raining / was / It / a lot / last night.

3 listening / you / What / were / to / ?

4 game / watching / They / were / the / baseball /

in / living room / the / last / Friday.