NAME: _______________________

Juan Jose Clavijo DATE: _________________

Inductive Grammar Chart

(Unit 4, page 40)

GRAMMAR. The past continuous

Look at these questions and answers with the past continuous.

The car was making a funny sound while they were driving.
Were the headlights working? (Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.)
Who was driving your car at 10:00 last night?

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Complete this grammar rule by filling in the blanks and circling the correct word.
Form the past continuous with ________
was or ________
were and the (past / present) participle
form of a verb.

Look at this sentence with the past continuous and the simple past.

past continuous simple past tense

She was driving home when she had an accident.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
The past continuous or the simple past tense? Complete these grammar rules.

1. ___________________________
past continuous shows an activity that continued during a period of time
in the past.
2. ___________________________
simple past tense shows a completed past action.

Top Notch 2, Third Edition Unit 4

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