Past continuous

Past continuous
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This lesson contains 31 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.

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Past continuous

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The Beatles
George Harrison
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
John Lennon

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What do these sentences have in common?
I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I was feeling insecure
I was trying to catch your eyes

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Past continuous
I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I was feeling insecure
I was trying to catch your eyes


=> subject + to be + ing form

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Past continuous
We use the past continuous when something was going on in the past.


I was brushing my teeth yesterday morning.
She was walking to school last week.
They were driving their car at that time.

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Past continuous
We use the past continuous when an action is interrupted by another action.

I was brushing my teeth yesterday morning when my dad walked in.
She was walking to school last week when she was hit by a bike.
They were driving their car at that time when it broke.

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We also use it when...
Two things are happening at the same time 
=> I was lying in my bed while my sister was playing a video game.
We are talking about a repeated action that causes irritaion or shock. Always or constantly are signal words.
=> He was always listening to loud music.
=> She was constantly bragging about her car.

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We also use it when...
Plans are unfulfilled.
=> I was hoping to catch the bus (but I missed it).

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Past continuous - negative
I was not brushing my teeth yesterday morning.
She wasn't walking to school last week.
They were not driving their car at that time.
They weren't cleaning the house in 2020.


=> subject + to be + not + ing form

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Time to practice!

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They __________ (to walk) to school.
A
was walking
B
were walking
C
is walking
D
are walking

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I ____________ (to bake) a cake when he _______ (to scare) the living daylight out of me!
A
was baking / scared
B
baked / scared
C
is baking / scares
D
was being baking / was scaring

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Put the sentence in the correct order.
was / kitchen / baking / in the / a cake / He

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Put the sentence in the negative.
I was crying for help.

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Past continuous - ?

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Past continuous - inversion question
I was talking to Susan.
=> Was I talking to Susan?
You were talking to Susan.
=> Were you talking to Susan?


to be + subject + ing form + ?

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Past continuous - QWQ
I was doing the dishes.
=> What was he doing?
You were doing the dishes.
=> What were you doing?


question word + to be + subject + ing form + ?

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Past continuous - questions to the subject
Glenn was talking to John.
=> Who was talking to John?
It was raining.
=> What was going on?


question word (that is also the subject!) + to be + ing form

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Past continuous - questions to the prepositional object

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Questions to the prepositional object
Glenn was talking to John.
=> What was Glenn talking about?
Glenn was talking to John.
=> Who was Glenn talking to?


question word + to be + subject + ing form + preposition + ?

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Time to practice!

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Put the parts in order.
talking / were / to John / you / ?
A
Was you talking to John?
B
Were she talking to John?
C
Was he talking to John?
D
Were you talking to John?

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Ask a good question:
Glenn was talking to John.

Slide 29 - Open question

Ask a good question:
Yes, he was.

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Ask a good question:
They were chatting about global warming.

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