EXERCISE (156) PAST CONTINUOUS (Intermediate)

PAST CONTINUOUS (Intermediate)

GRAMMER RULE: The past continuous is formed from the past tense of be with the -ing form of the verb: We use the past continuous to talk about the past: (1)   For something which continued before and after another action:             The children were doing their homework when I got home. (2)   To show that something continued for some time:             Everyone was shouting. (3)   For something that was happening again and again:             They were always fighting. (4)   With verbs which show change or growth:              The children were growing up quickly.

EXERCISE:

What were these people doing at 6 p.m. yesterday? Make sentences in the Past Continuous.

Example: Jan / not listen to the radio / watch television

                 Jan wasn’t listening to the radio. He was watching television.

(A) Mariza / not work / drive home

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(B)  We / not swim /sit in a traffic jam

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(C)  Matthew and Peter / not run / play squash

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(D) I / not watch a film / have a bath

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(E)  Justin / not read / cook dinner

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ANSWERS:

GRAMMER RULE: The past continuous is formed from the past tense of be with the -ing form of the verb: We use the past continuous to talk about the past: (1)   For something which continued before and after another action:             The children were doing their homework when I got home. (2)   To show that something continued for some time:             Everyone was shouting. (3)   For something that was happening again and again:             They were always fighting. (4)   With verbs which show change or growth:              The children were growing up quickly.

EXERCISE:

What were these people doing at 6 p.m. yesterday? Make sentences in the Past Continuous.

Example: Jan / not listen to the radio / watch television

                 Jan wasn’t listening to the radio. He was watching television.

(A)    Mariza / not work / drive home

      Mariza wasn’t at work. She was driving home.

(B)  We / not swim /sit in a traffic jam

We were not swimming. We were sitting in a traffic jam.

(C)  Matthew and Peter / not run / play squash

Matthew and Peter were not running. They were playing squash

(D) I / not watch a film / have a bath

I was not watching a film. I was having a bath

(E)  Justin / not read / cook dinner

­­­­­­­Justin was not reading. He was cooking dinner.

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