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    The document provides examples of how to use the past continuous tense to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It gives sentences where the verbs are in their base form and asks the reader to add "was/were" to put the verbs in the past continuous tense. The completed examples show using the past continuous tense to talk about staying in a hotel, living in a place, weather conditions, a game score, what people were doing in the park, a phone call, listening, an activity at a specific time, people waiting, the weather, driving speed, and a car approaching.

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    18575 Past Continuous

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    The document provides examples of how to use the past continuous tense to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It gives sentences where the verbs are in their base form and asks the reader to add "was/were" to put the verbs in the past continuous tense. The completed examples show using the past continuous tense to talk about staying in a hotel, living in a place, weather conditions, a game score, what people were doing in the park, a phone call, listening, an activity at a specific time, people waiting, the weather, driving speed, and a car approaching.

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    Past Continuous

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    The document provides examples of how to use the past continuous tense to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It gives sentences where the verbs are in their base form and asks the reader to add "was/were" to put the verbs in the past continuous tense. The completed examples show using the past continuous tense to talk about staying in a hotel, living in a place, weather conditions, a game score, what people were doing in the park, a phone call, listening, an activity at a specific time, people waiting, the weather, driving speed, and a car approaching.

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    PAST CONTINUOUS

    Practice
    Complete the sentences.

    • Which hotel ________ (you/stay) in when you


    lost your passport?
    Complete the sentences.

    • Which hotel were you staying in when you


    lost your passport?
    Complete the sentences.

    • I _________ (live) in London when I met


    them.
    Complete the sentences.

    • I was living in London when I met them.


    Complete the sentences.

    • It ______ (snow) when I left home this


    morning.
    Complete the sentences.

    • It was snowing when I left home this


    morning.
    Complete the sentences.

    • At the end of the first half of the game, they


    ______ (win).
    Complete the sentences.

    • At the end of the first half of the game, they


    were winning.
    Complete the sentences.

    • It was a sunny afternoon and people


    _________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then
    it suddenly started to rain.
    Complete the sentences.

    • It was a sunny afternoon and people were


    sitting on the grass in the park. Then it
    suddenly started to rain.
    Complete the sentences.

    • He ________ (talk) on the phone when I


    arrived.
    Complete the sentences.

    • He was talking on the phone when I arrived.


    Complete the sentences.

    • I tried to explain my problem to him, but he


    ________ (not/listen).
    Complete the sentences.

    • I tried to explain my problem to him, but he


    wasn’t listening.
    Complete the sentences.

    • What ________ (you/do) at 3 o’clock


    yesterday afternoon?
    Complete the sentences.

    • What were you doing at 3 o’clock yesterday


    afternoon?
    Complete the sentences.

    • A lot of people _______ (wait) for the 7.30


    bus last night.
    Complete the sentences.

    • A lot of people was waiting for the 7.30 bus


    last night.
    Complete the sentences.

    • I looked out of the window, and I saw that it


    __________ (not/rain) any more.
    Complete the sentences.

    • I looked out of the window, and I saw that it


    wasn’t raining any more.
    Complete the sentences.

    • Fortunately, I _______ (not/drive) too fast


    when the child walked into the road in front of
    me.
    Complete the sentences.

    • Fortunately, I was not driving too fast when


    the child walked into the road in front of me.
    Complete the sentences.

    • I nearly had an accident this morning. A car


    _________ (come) towards me, but I moved
    quickly out of the way.
    Complete the sentences.

    • I nearly had an accident this morning. A car


    was coming towards me, but I moved quickly
    out of the way.
    END

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