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(Affirmative, negative, interrogative and short answers).

Name: _____________________ ___Grade: _______ Date: __________

Form Positive and negative

I He She It We You They was wasn't singing. were weren't

Pronoun Interrogative
were we you they

was/ were

+ Verb+ -ing

Short answers.
Affirmative Yes, I Yes, he Yes, she was. Negative No, I No, he wasn't. No, she No, we No, you weren't. No, they

Examples: was weren't was We were taking doing planning photos to the just married. their homework quietly. my wedding. a movie.

The photographer The students She

watching

Use 1: Specific time in the past.

In this case, we use the Past Continuous to describe continuous actions at a specific time in the past. Examples: At eleven o' clock last night, I was reading a book. In June, I was studying for my exams. Last night at 9 pm, I was eating dinner. Yesterday at this time, I was playing my favourite song.

What was

she it I he

singing?

Yes, we Yes, you were. Yes, they

LICEO CAMILO HENRIQUEZ IMPORTANT In the Simple Past, a specific time is used to show when an action began or finished. In the Past Continuous, a specific time only interrupts the action. Examples: At eleven o' clock last night, I read a book I started reading at eleven o'clock last night.

Use 1: Interrupted action in the past.

At eleven o' clock last night, I was reading a book. started earlier; and at eleven o'clock, I was in the process of reading a book. The Past Continuous indicates that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the Simple Past. Examples: The telephone rang while I was having a shower. While they were having the picnic, it started to rain. While Carl was sleeping last night, someone stole his bike. I was watching TV when she called.

Use 3: Parallel actions.

When you use the Past Continuous with two actions in the same sentence, it expresses the idea that both actions were happening at the same time. The actions are parallel. Examples: I was cooking while he was sweeping the floor. Denisse was reading, Tom was watching television. wasn't working, and I wasn't working either. eating dinner and talking about their plans. While David They were

Activities.
Write the ing form of the following verbs.

1. phone _______________ 2. fly 4. chat

_______________

5. die
6. carry 7. Hate 8. Hit

_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

3. swim _______________
_______________

LICEO CAMILO HENRIQUEZ I. Complete the table in past continuous.

Was or Were?

1. I __________ writing a letter. 2. You___________ shopping at the

mall yesterday.

4. The birds __________ singing this

morning. 5. The water __________ dripping on the floor.

3. The sun__________ shinning.

II. Write sentences in past progressive.

1. Nicholas and Tim / hunting / hares ____________________________________________ 2. John / ride / a motorcycle ___________________________________________________ 3. My siblings / not / eating / at a restaurant _______________________________________ 4. My parents / build / a new house _____________________________________________ 5. Their mother / not / cook / dinner _________________________________________
Write questions in past progressive.

1. Jane / tidy / her room ___________________________________________________ 2. Brendan / drive / a truck _________________________________________________ 3. The girls / sell / milk _______________________________________________ 4. The students / write / a letter ________________________________________________ 5. Your child / cry ___________________________________________________
Ask for the information in the bold part of the sentence. Example: Miss Natalie was correcting our tests. Who was correcting out tests?

1. Two hours ago, Carol was studying on the library. 2. Jona was painting the living room. 3. Emma was sitting in her bed. 4. My little sisters were running around noisily.

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