1. The presentation is made gymnasium 74, St. Petersburg, Russia
Past Continuous
vs.
Past Simple
The presentation is made
by teacher Julia Apt,
gymnasium 74, St. Petersburg, Russia
Юлия Ефимовна Апт,
гимназия №74, г. С-Петербург
2013

2. Repeat after your teacher
Learn the rule
Repeat after your teacher

3. Past Continuous I was reading a book. + I wasn’t reading a book.
At 8 o’clock yesterday
Were you reading a book?
Yes, I was.
No, I wasn’t. ?

4. Use the key words and complete the sentences
Use the key words and complete the sentences. You can use Past Simple and Past Continuous.

5. We were on a picnic last Sunday

6. When/ we/ leave/ home/ the sun/ shine.
When we left home,
the sun was shining.
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7. While/ father/ drive/ I / play/ games.
While father was driving,
I was playing games.
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8. Mother/ talk/ to father.
Mother was talking to father.
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9. My older brother/ listen/
to music.
My older brother was listening to music.
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10. And/ my younger sister/ sing/ songs.
And my younger sister was singing songs.
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11. the wind/ blow away/ my brother’s cap.
While/ we/ drive/
the wind/ blow away/ my brother’s cap.
While we were driving,
the wind blew away my brother’s cap.
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12. We/ stop/ at a shop/ and/ buy/ a new cap.
We stopped at a shop,
and bought a new cap.
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13. While/ my mother/ look for/ a cap/ she/ find/ a nice skirt.
While my mother was looking for a cap,
she found a nice skirt.
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14. While/ mother/ spend/ her time at the clothes department/
While mother was spending her time at the clothes department, father bought
a fishing rod.
While/ mother/ spend/ her time at the clothes department/
father/ buy/ a fishing rod.
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15. our friends/ wait/ for us.
When/ we/ arrive/
at the picnic place/
our friends/ wait/ for us.
When we arrived at the picnic place, our friends were waiting for us.
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16. father/ build/ a camp fire.
While/ my friend and I/
pick up/ firewood/
father/ build/ a camp fire.
While my friend and I were picking up firewood, father was building a camp fire.
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17. While/ mother/ prepare/ meat/ her friend/ make/ sandwiches.
While mother was preparing meat, her friend was making sandwiches.
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18. While/ father/ cook/ meat/
we/ play/ football.
While father was cooking meat, we were playing football.
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19. When/ father/ call/ us to eat/ we/ sit/ on the grass and/ wait.
When father called us to eat, we were sitting on the grass and waiting.
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20. While/ we/ eat/ it/ start/ to rain.
While we were eating,
it started to rain.
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21. We/ collect/ our things
and/ get/ into the car.
We collected our things and got into the car.
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22. When/ we/ come/ back home/ the sun/ shine/ brightly.
When we came back home, the sun was shining brightly.
When/ we/ come/ back home/
the sun/ shine/ brightly.
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23. T h e E n d

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