Past continuous IREP

Past continuous tense
Lesson aim:
  • I know what the past continuous is.
  • I can use the past continuous in a sentence.
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Past continuous tense
Lesson aim:
  • I know what the past continuous is.
  • I can use the past continuous in a sentence.

Slide 1 - Slide

Let's see how well you know this already.

Slide 2 - Slide

The police stopped Willis as ___ to the airport.
A
he is driving
B
he was driving
C
was driving
D
he were driving

Slide 3 - Quiz

Julie ___ (sleep) at three o'clock.

Slide 4 - Open question

When I phoned my friends, they ___ (play)

Slide 5 - Open question

The kids ___ (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

Slide 6 - Open question

Let's look at the rules and uses

Slide 7 - Slide

How do we make a past continuous?
  • How do we make the past continuous?
  • The past tense of to be + -ing form of a verb

Example: We were making dinner when she arrived.
Example: My head was aching.
Example: The town was changing quickly

Slide 8 - Slide

When do we use the past continuous?



  • We generally use the past continuous to talk about something that started and ended in the past. 
Example: At 6 o'clock, I was eating dinner.

  • It is often used together with the past simple to explain that something happened while something else was going on.
Example: As I was going to work, I saw an old friend.

Slide 9 - Slide

When do we use the past continuous?
  • For something that that was going on during another action.
Example: The children were doing their homework when I got home.

  • For something that was going on during a specific time.
Example: At 8 o' clock, I was writing a letter.

  • To show that something continued for some time.
Example: My head was aching.

  • for something that happened again and again.
Example: I was practising every day, three times a day.

Slide 10 - Slide

Keep in mind!
  • It is possible to have multiple past continuous clauses in one sentence. This happens when the two actions both continued for a longer period of time.

Example: Father was smoking his pipe while mother was reading a magazine.

Example: It was pouring with rain and she was wondering what to do.


Slide 11 - Slide

Let's try again

Slide 12 - Slide

When I arrived, they ___ (play) cards.

Slide 13 - Open question

We ___ (sleep) when the police came.

Slide 14 - Open question

Somebody threw a shoe at him while he ___ (speak).

Slide 15 - Open question

I ___ (read) a detective story when I heard a noise.

Slide 16 - Open question

When I came into the living room, the cats ___ (sit) on the table.

Slide 17 - Open question

Helen ___ (listen) to the radio when she heard a strange noise in the garden.

Slide 18 - Open question

You've reached the end
If you want to practise more then go to the links on the following slides.

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