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PAST CONTINUOUS and
PAST SIMPLE
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английского языка школы № 1 Московского
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Терентьевой Еленой Александровной
CONTENTS
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1.Past Continuous (formation)
2.Past continuous (main uses)
3.Past continuous and Past Simple
4.Test yourself
We form the Past Continuous with the past tense of the verb “to be” and
the verb in its present participle form
was
were
+ V ing
+
+
I was working
He,she was working
It
We were working
You were working
They were working
II was not working
IHe, she was not working
IIt
We were not working
You were not working
They were not working
?
Was I working ?
Was he,she working ?
it
Were we working ?
Were you working ?
Were they working?
We use the Past Continuous to describe an action that was in progress
at some point in the past
He was having breakfast at 9 o`clock yesterday.
They were skiing from 10 till 12 yesterday
morning.
We can also use the past continuous to describe
two actions that were in progress at the same time
He was reading the
newspaper in a café
while his daughter with
her boyfriend were
passing by.
Very often, the past continuous and the past
simple are used together. The past continuous is
used to describe an activity in progress and the
past simple describes an action that interrupts
this activity.
Make the sentences using the words
the telephone
I
was
opening
when
rang
the door
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
1.I
playing
football
yesterday
at 6.30.
1.I was
(to play)
football
yesterday
at 6.30.
2.
working
the whole
evening
yesterday.
2. We
We were
(to work)
yesterday
the whole
evening.
3.She
listening
to some
music
while
was having
3.She was
(to listen)
to some
music
while
I (toI have)
a bath.a bath.
4.While
talking
I suddenly
forgot
was saying.
4.While II was
(to talk)
I suddenly
forgot
whatwhat
! (to! say).
5.My
fellfall
off off)
when
I was
thepark.
park.
5.My wig
wig (to
when
I towalking
walk) ininthe
6.My
fellfall)
down
while
I was
standing.
6.My trousers
trousers suddenly
suddenly(to
down
while
I ( to
stand)