Tr: Amal suliman Almatrafi Past continuous Tr: Amal suliman Almatrafi

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The form of the past continuous tense The affirmative forms of the past continuous Examples: This morning I was revising my lessons when my father came in. Jim and Liza were playing tennis yesterday at 11:00.

The interrogative forms of the past continuous Examples: What were you doing yesterday evening? And what was your mother doing? Where were you going, this morning at 7:30? What were Jim and Liza doing?

The negative forms of the past continuous playing. was not / wasn't I, he, she, it were not / weren't you, we, they Examples: I wasn't reading a book yesterday evening; I was watching a film. My mother wasn't preparing dinner; she was working on the computer. We weren't playing cards.

The use of the past continuous tense We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time in the past. Example: This time yesterday, I was doing my homework.

The use of the past continuous tense We use the past continuous to say that something happened in the middle of something else: Example: Bob burnt his hand when he was cooking dinner yesterday.  While I was working in the garden, I hurt my back.

The exercises

Put the verbs into the past continuous: When I phoned my friends, they (play)_______ monopoly. Yesterday at six I (prepare) ___________ dinner. The kids (play) ____________ in the garden when it suddenly began to rain. I (practice) ____________ the guitar when he came home. We (not / cycle)____________ all day. While Alan (work)___________ in his room, his friends (swim)________ in the pool.

Write correct sentences: Yesterday at 6 pm your family were doing different things. Write positive sentences in past progressive. My mother / read / a novel My father / watch / a movie My elder sister / writing / in her diary My two brothers / listen / to the radio My little sister and I / not / watch / a movie We / talk / about school

check your answers Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive). When I phoned my friends, they (play) were playing  monopoly. Yesterday at six I (prepare) was preparing  dinner. The kids (play) were playing  in the garden when it suddenly began to rain. I (practise) was practicing   the guitar when he came home. We (not / cycle) were not cycling / weren't cycling  all day. While Alan (work) was working  in his room, his friends (swim) were swimming in the pool Write correct sentences: My mother / read / a novel. My mother was reading a novel . My father / watch / TV. My father was watching a movie . My elder sister / writing / in her diary. My elder sister was writing in her diary . My two brothers / listen / to the radio. My two brothers were listening to the radio . My little sister and I / not / watch / a movie. My little sister and I were not watching a movie . We / talk / about school. We were talking about school .