We were si ng at the table by the flower vase.

2. What _YOU DRINK__________________________________ ?

3. What _WAS_____________Samuel____DINKING___________
4. He was drinking the apple juice.

5. What____WAS__________Samuel
_WEARING_______________?
He was wearing a black suit and white shirt.

6. What __WAS_______________Susi
____WEARING___________?

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She was wearing a white pullover and black jeans.

31. Complete the dialogues with nega ve forms of the past con nuous tense.

Martha: Were you talking to Beatriz during lunch?

1. Silvia: I _________________________________ to anybody. I was alone.

Martha: Were you watching a basketball match when I phoned you?

2. Silvia: I ________________________________________ TV. I was listening to music.

Martha: Was I wearing the blue e at the party?

3. Silvia: You _________________________________ any e, as far as I can remember.

Martha: Guess what I was doing between 5 and 6 o’clock?

4. Silvia: You ____________________________________ anything, your sister told me.

Martha: When I met them, Samuel was buying some meat and Jill was buying drinks.
5. Silvia: I don’t understand why they _______ ___________________things together.

VOCABULARY: CONJUNCTIONS

32. We can use as, when, and while to indicate ‘during the me that’, to connect two events
happening at the same me:

1. I was having lunch _______________________________ James arrived.

2. ___________________________I heard the doorbell; I went to the door.

3. ____________________ Josue was washing her hair, I did my homework

4. She was at the baker’s ______________________________ I met Josue.

5. I was in the shop __________________________ someone stole my bag.

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6. _________ I was playing, my mother called me. 7. Leaves fall _______ autumn starts.

8. Sara broke her leg_______she was riding her bike. 9. ______I was driving to school, I crashed.

EXERCISE

10. I was playing _______my mother was cooking.

33. Change the following sentences into a) nega ve form and, b) interroga ve form:

1. Maritza was having a bath.

a. __________________________________ / b. __________________________________
2. They were running down the road.

a. __________________________________ / b. __________________________________
3. The soldiers were doing exercise.
a. __________________________________ / b. __________________________________
4. Alicia was making the beds.
a. __________________________________ / b. __________________________________
5. The children were watching TV.
a. __________________________________ / b. __________________________________
6. The men were going to work.
a. __________________________________ / b. __________________________________
7. The girls were studying for a test.
a. __________________________________ / b. __________________________________
8. My mother was cooking a turkey.
a. __________________________________ / b. __________________________________
9. He was sleeping all the day.
a. __________________________________ / b. __________________________________

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