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1. Look at the pictures below and write sentences describing them using the PAST
CONTINUOUS.

E.g: She wrote on a paper while he was typing on the computer.

a) ____________________________________________________________________________.

b) _____________________________________________________________________________.

c) ______________________________________________________________________________.

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d) _____________________________________________________________________________.

e) _____________________________________________________________________________.

f) ____________________________________________________________________________.

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Extra challenge:

________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. Look at Julia’s schedule for yesterday below and answer the questions about what she was
doing at those exact times.

6:00 AM wake up
6:00 AM - 6:10 AM take a shower
6:15 AM - 6:45 AM have breakfast
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM walk to school
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM study at school
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM walk home
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM have lunch
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM do the dishes
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM do homework
4:00 PM - 7 PM play with friends
7:00 PM - 7:10 PM take a shower
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM have dinner with mom and dad
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM watch cartoons on TV
9:30 PM - 9:35 PM brush teeth
9:40 PM go to bed

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E.g.: What was Julia doing at 6:05 am?
Julia was taking a shower at five past six AM.

a) What was Julia doing at 6:30 am?

________________________________________________________________________________.

b) What was Julia doing at 7:15 am?

________________________________________________________________________________.

c) What was Julia doing at 9:00 am?

________________________________________________________________________________.

d) What was Julia doing at 12:15 pm?

________________________________________________________________________________.

e) What was Julia doing at 1:45 pm?

________________________________________________________________________________.

f) What were Julia and her friends doing at 5:00 pm?

________________________________________________________________________________.

g) What were Julia and her parents doing at 7:45 pm?

________________________________________________________________________________.

h) What was Julia doing at 9:32 pm?

________________________________________________________________________________.

3. Eric, Kenny, Stan and Kyle are friends. Yesterday they all studied, watched TV and played, but
not necessarily at the same time. Read the clues and try to complete the table below with what
they were doing in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening.

- Kenny and Kyle were studying at the same time.

- When Stan was playing, he invited his friends to join him, but they couldn’t do it because they
were doing something else.
- Stan wasn’t studying in the morning.
- Eric studied alone. At the time he was studying, all of his friends were doing something else.
- Kenny hates watching TV alone, so he invited one friend and they watched together.

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- Kenny didn’t play alone.
- Kenny could only watch TV after he studied, which is the opposite order of what Eric did.
- Kyle was the only one who watched the basketball game last night.

Eric Kenny Stan Kyle

Morning
Afternoon Studying
Evening

4. Complete the sentences below with the verbs in parentheses in the Past Continuous or in the
Simple Past
E.g.: I saw your sister while I was driving home yesterday. (SEE, DRIVE)

a) I _____________ the newspaper while the kids ________________ in the playground (READ, PLAY).
b) I _____________ my homework when my dad _________________ home (DO, GET).
c) My parents ________________ in Paris when my sister _______________. (LIVE, BE BORN)
d) The boys ________________ soccer when the rain ______________. (PLAY, START)
e) My sister ______________ her make up when her boyfriend ___________ to cancel their
plans. (PUT ON, CALL)
f) I’m sorry, I was really hungry, so I ____________ eating while you ________________ the car (START,
PARK).

5. Complete the sentences below with WHEN or WHILE.

E.g.: She was cleaning the house when her dad arrived.

a) My mother called me three times ___________ I was working.

b) My dad used to smoke _________ he was a teenager.
c) My husband read his book ___________ I was sleeping.
d) I lost my cell phone ____________ I was watching the show.
e) I was waiting for the bus _________ I saw a car crash.
f) He was driving really fast _________ a police officer stopped him.

6. In complete sentences, answer the questions below.

E.g.: What were you doing yesterday at midnight?
I was sleeping at midnight yesterday.

a) What were you doing on 9/11?

_________________________________________________________________________.

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b) What were you doing on New Year’s Eve at midnight?
_________________________________________________________________________.

c) What were you doing at 3 o’clock PM yesterday?

_________________________________________________________________________.

d) What were you doing in the last time your phone rang?
_________________________________________________________________________.

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answer keys
1. 5.
Answers may vary. a) while
b) when
2. c) while
a) Julia was having dinner at half past six AM. d) while
b) Julia was walking to school at a quarter past seven AM. e) when
c) Julia was studying at school at 9 o’clock AM. f) when
d) Julia was walking home at a quarter past noon.
e) Julia was doing the dishes at a quarter to two PM. 6.
f) Julia and her friends were playing at five o’clock PM. Answers will vary.
g) Julia and her parents were having dinner at a quarter
to eight PM.
h) Julia was brushing her teeth at nine thirty-two PM.

3.

Eric Kenny Stan Kyle

Morning Watching TV Studying Playing Studying
Afternoon Studying Watching TV Watching TV Playing
Evening Playing Playing Studying Watching TV

4.
a) read / were playing
b) was doing / got
c) were living / was born
d) were playing / started
e) was putting on / called
f) started / were parking

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