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    The document provides information about using the past continuous tense in English. It explains that the past continuous describes actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It gives examples of its use for actions happening simultaneously or being interrupted by another action in the past. Finally, it demonstrates how to form the past continuous in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences and provides exercises for the learner to practice.

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    The document provides information about using the past continuous tense in English. It explains that the past continuous describes actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It gives examples of its use for actions happening simultaneously or being interrupted by another action in the past. Finally, it demonstrates how to form the past continuous in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences and provides exercises for the learner to practice.

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    The document provides information about using the past continuous tense in English. It explains that the past continuous describes actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It gives examples of its use for actions happening simultaneously or being interrupted by another action in the past. Finally, it demonstrates how to form the past continuous in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences and provides exercises for the learner to practice.

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    The Past Continuous is used for

    actions that were happening at


    a specific time in the past.
    ACTION IN PROGRESS IN THE PAST:

    ▪Jose called while I was watching the news.


    WHEN ANOTHER ACTION INTERRUPTS IT:

    ▪He was walking to work when he fell.


    ▪Was it raining when you left?
    TO TALK ABOUT ACTIONS IN A SPECIFIC TIME IN
    THE PAST:

    ▪Paula wasn’t living in France in 2005.


    ▪We were still working at 10 o’clock last night.
    TO TALK ABOUT TWO ACTIONS THAT WERE
    HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME IN THE PAST:

    ▪My son was reading while I was coocking.


    ▪They were talking very loudly while we were
    trying to watch the movie.
    + AFFIRMATIVE
    + S. + aux. verb + verb + -ing…
    “to be”
    I was talk ing with my mom.
    They were learn ing to swim before quarantine.
    Caroline was ski ing when she broke her leg.
    Jim & Tom were wait ing the bus when the accident
    happened.
    NEGATIVE
    - S. + aux. verb + aux. neg + verb + -ing…
    “to be” “not”
    I was not talk ing with my mom.
    They were not learn ing to swim before
    quarantine.
    Caroline was not ski ing when she broke her
    leg.
    Jim & were not wait ing the bus when the
    Tom accident happened.

    Contractions: was + not = wasn’t


    were + not = weren’t
    ? INTERROGATIVE
    ? Aux. + S. + verb + -ing… + ?
    verb
    “to be”
    Was you talk ing with my mom ?
    Were they learn ing to swim before quarantine ?
    Was Caroline ski ing when she broke her leg ?
    Were Jim & Tom wait ing the bus when the accident ?
    happened
    MAKE THE POSITIVE, NEGATIVE
    OR QUESTION PAST CONTINUOUS.
     Julie _____ (sleep) at three o'clock.
     You _____ (study) at 6 o'clock.
     Mr. Black _____ (not/work) in his study when the murder happened.
     _____ you still _____ at 7pm last night? (work)
     _____ she _____ her homework? (not/do)
     _____ it _____ when you left? (rain)
     We _____ (not/cycling) all day.
     I _____ (practice) the guitar when Dad came home.
     students/teacher/listening/the/weren’t/ the/to
     film/watching/we/called/when/you/were/a
     noise/while/reading/was/newspaper/the/I/heard/a/I
     (he / cook)
     (Bobby / play cards)?
     (I / not / cry)
     (where / I / go when I met you)?
     (Sophie / not / sleep at midnight)
     (Bryan / live in Paris at the time)?
     (it / snow)?

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