What were Tina and Zack doing?

●They were going to the cinema.

I was meeting with my friends.
●
What was your mum doing?

●She was cleaning the window.

Past continuous
Practice
Complete the sentences.
● It ______ (snow) when I left home this
morning.
Complete the sentences.

● At the end of the firsthalf of the game,

they ______ (win).
Complete the sentences.

● It was a sunny afternoon and people

_________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then
it suddenly started to rain.
Complete the sentences.

● He ________ (talk) on the phone

when I arrived.
Complete the sentences.

● I tried to explain my problem to him, but he

________ (not/listen).
Complete the sentences.

● What ________ (you/do) at 3 o’clock

yesterday afternoon?
Complete the sentences.

● A lot of people _______ (wait) for the

7.30 bus last night.
Complete the sentences.

● I looked out of the window, and I saw

that it __________ (not/rain) any
more.
Complete the sentences.

● Fortunately, I ______________ (not/drive)too fast

when the child walked into the road in front of me.
Complete the sentences.

● I nearly had an accident this morning. A car

_________ (come) towards me, but I moved
quickly out of the way.
 02
Past simple
 Past simple

I drove to work

Action in Complement
Person
past

He studied English last summer

You slept early last night
 03
Past
continuos vs
past simple
 Past simple interrups past continuos
Use past simple to interrupt an action in progress.

I was doing homework at 7:00 pm when the lights went out

Past continuous Past simple

When the lights went out, I was doing homework at 7:00 pm

I was making dinner when my mother called me on the phone

Past continuous Past simple

When my mother called me on the phone, I was making dinner

 Past simple interrups past
continuos
Use past simpleto interrupt an action in progress.

I was sleeping when Iheard a strange noise

Past continuous Past simple

I was making dinner when my mothercalled me on the phone

Past continuous Past simple

 04
When and
While
 When vs. while

● Use “when” with past simple

I was walking on the Street when I saw that beatiful red car.

● Use “while” with past continuous

WhileI was walking in the Street, I saw that beatiful red car.
 While + Past Continuous
While I was watching TV, Mary came.

When + Past Simple

●

When Mary came I was watching TV.

●
Past continuous
vs past simple
Practice
What happened?

●He was doing his homeworkwhen the phone rang.

●While he was doing his homework the phone rang.

What happened?

●While he was climbing a tree, it rained.

●He was climbing a treewhen it rained.

Past continuous
vs past simple
Practice
 was
1. He ______________ called (call) his mother while he ______________ (
working
work).

2. My father ______________ (fell down fall down) while he ______________

(was washing wash) the car.

3. Michael _________________was visiting (visit) his sister when his boss

______________ (calledcall).

saw was walking

4. I ______________ (see) a girl crying while I ______________ (
walk) home.

told was
5. Someone _____________ ( tell) me about this job while I __________
eating
(eat) at the café last week.
 6. Days ago , while I _______________________(was making make) dinner , my
friend __________________(asked ask) for help.
doing
A: What _________ you ___________ (do) were last night when your
boyfriend _________ (arrived arrive)?

B: I ______________ (was watching watch) TV when he

______________(come)came

A: ________ you _______________ ( Did study study) last night?

B: Yeah, Fortunately I ____________ (do) did many activities to practice
for my exam.

working
A: ________ you _______________ ( Were work) last night when
your boss _________(come) ?came
B: Yeah, luckly, I ______________(was writing write) some reports, when
he __________________ (entered enter) here!
 05
Speaking
 Interview your partner
What were you doing at
6:00 pm last Monday?
What was your
brother/sister doing at
noon yesterday?
What was your Best friend doing
at 5:00pm yesterday?
Were you doing homework
at 10:00 pm yesterday?
Was your father cooking dinner
yesterday evening?
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