PAST CONTINUOUS ALL FORMS

WE USE THE PAST CONTINUOUS TO TALK ABOUT:_____________________

• ACTION THAT WERE IN PROGRESS IN THE PRESENT

• ACTION THAT WERE IN PROGRESS IN THE PAST

PAST CONTINUOUS AFFIRMATIVE

• SUBJECT+ WAS/WERE+VERB(ING)+COMPLEMENT

• SUBJECT+ AM/IS/ARE+VERB(ING)+COMPLEMENT

PAST CONTINUOUS NEGATIVE

• SUBJECT+ I?M NOT/ISN'T/AREN'T+VERB(ING)+COMPLEMENT

• SUBJECT+ WASN'T/WEREN'T+VERB(ING)+COMPLEMENT

CHOOSE THE EXPRESSIONS FOR THE PAST CONTINUOUS

• alwasys

  never

  sometimes

• now

  right now

  at the moment

• yesterday

  last (night, month, week)

  this (morning, afternoon)

CHOOSE THE CORRECT PAST CONTINUOUS SENTENCE

• She wasn't eating the dinner.

• She weren't eating the dinner.

• She wasn't eat the dinner.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT PAST CONTINUOUS SENTENCE

• They was studying for the test

• They were studying for the test

• They were study for the test

Q: What were they doing?

A:________________________

• They were washing the clothes

• They were washing the car

Q:Was he ridding a horse?

A: Yes, _____________.

• He were.

• He was.

Q:WERE THEY PLAYING FOOTBALL?

A:No,___________. _______________________

• They wasn’t.

• They weren’t.

• They were.

Q:WHAT WERE THEY DOING?

A:____________________________

• They were climbing a tree.

• They were eating food.