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J4A Unit 2

We use the Past Continuous to talk about an action


going on around a time in the past.

Past Continuous
I was teaching.
I was talking.
I was pointing.
I was standing.
I was teaching.
I was talking.
I was pointing.
I was standing.
I was teaching.
Subject + ______ + ______
Subject + was/were + verb-ing
I wasn’t teaching.
Subject + ______ + ______
Subject + wasn’t/weren’t + verb-ing
Example I / sit
Team 1 Team
2
I was sitting I was sitting
Don’t forget…….

ing
Team 1 Team
2
Team 1 Team
2
They / read
Team 1 Team
2
Peter / go to cinema
Team 1 Team
2
Ms Nhu / mark my homework
Team 1 Team
2
Eugess / dance like Elsa
Team 1 Team
2
Bella / great at bowls
Team 1 Team
2
Anita / run to school
Team 1 Team
2
Kenny / walks like chicken
Team 1 Team
2
Mikasa / eat chicken & rice
Team 1 Team
2
I am not sitting.
You are not standing.
He is not standing.
They are not standing.
We are not standing.
Past Continuous:
Questions and Short
answers

Were they playing football yesterday?


Yes, they were
Past Continuous:
Questions and Short
answers

Was he playing basketball last weekend?


No he wasn’t
Was / Were + subject +
______ + ______ + ______?
Was he playing basketball last weekend?
Yes, he was
No, he wasn’t.
Yes, ____ +
____. No, ____ + ____.
Yes, + subject + No, + subject +
was / were. wasn’t / weren’t.
Work with your partner
Look at the words,
write the question using
the past continuous.
• Was the wolf hiding in the tree?
• Yes, he was

The wolf – hide – in a


tree?
• Was the sun shining?
• Yes, it was

The sun – shine?


• Were the birds singing?
• Yes, they were!

the birds – sing?


• Was he watching red riding hood?
• Yes, he was

He – watching – Red Riding


Hood?
• Was Red Riding Hood wearing a shawl?
• No, she wasn’t

Red Riding Hood – wear – a


shawl?
• We’re the rabbits sleeping?
• No, they werent

The rabbits – sleep?


Breaktime! Let it go!
Let’s make a
play!
Choose your character!

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