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• Leerjaar 3

Today:

Past Continuous

Practice

Past Continuous

when do you use it:

You use it when something 

was going on for a period 

of time in the past.

 

explaination:

Affimative:

 was/were + verb + -ing

was = i/he/she/it

were = we/you/they

explaination:

negative:

was/were + not + verb + -ing

was = i/he/she/it

were = we/you/they

explaination:

questions:

 was/were + subject + verb + -ing

was = i/he/she/it

were = we/you/they

examples:

The sun was shining every day that summer.

As I spoke, the children were laughing at my cleverness.

The audience was applauding until he fell off the stage.

I was making dinner when she arrived.

At 6 o'clock, I was eating dinner.

She was talking constantly in class in those days.

Steve.......the guitar yesterday.

1. was playing
2. plays
3. were playing
4. played

Anne..........her friends.

1. calls
2. calling
3. was calling
4. were calling

My friends and I............soccer on the field near my house last week.

1. are playing
2. play
3. were playing
4. played

The sun..............very bright earlier this morning.

1. shone
2. is shining
3. shined
4. was shining

The children.................because I tripped

1. is laughing
2. were laughing
3. laughing
4. laughed

They..................for the bus when the accident happened.

1. was waiting
2. waited
3. wait
4. were waiting

Sarah...................apples at her brother, because he was being annoying.

1. throws
2. threw
3. was throwing
4. throwed

Any questions?