Name:………………………………………………. Date: ……………………………….

Writing Practice - Past Continuous

Yesterday at 2:35 pm, a laptop with very important data on it was stolen from a

manager’s desk. The police are questioning all the people who work in that office to try to

find out who is guilty of this crime.

Please choose at least 12 activities from the list below to make up your alibi. First,

choose the activity that you were doing at 2:35 pm yesterday. Then arrange the other activities

in the order you imagine you did them (you can choose several activities to do at the same

time, e.g., I was reading a newspaper and drinking my coffee from 2:00-3:00 PM yesterday).

Use the Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses in your writing. Write at least 100 words.

Board meeting starts

Board meeting ends

Emailing foreign subsidiary

Filing

Telephoning suppliers

Writing memo(s)

Proofreading a report

Interviewing job applicant(s)

Giving PowerPoint presentation

Giving clients a tour of the company

Arrive at work

Your boss arrives at work

Drinking coffee

Signing for deliveries

Having lunch break

Leave work

Listen to your mobile messages

A cigarette break

Complaining

Apologizing

Tidying up the office

Chatting with colleagues

Someone left a note on your computer screen