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Inglês (5/6º ano)

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FORM

AFFIRMATIVEI/he/she/it was Verb + ing

We/you/they were Verb + ing

NEGATIVEI/he/she/it Was not (wasn´t) Verb + ing

We/you/they Were not (weren´t)

Verb + ing

QUESTIONSWas I/he/she/it Verb + ing

Were We/you/they Verb + ing

The Past Continuous describes an action that was already happening at a time in the past and was not finished at the time. It is often used with time expressions as while and as.

1. Look at the pictures and write sentences describing what were these people doing at 5 o’clock.

Example: A girl was talking to a clown.

1. __________________________2. __________________________3. __________________________4. __________________________5. __________________________6. __________________________7. __________________________8. __________________________9. __________________________10. __________________________

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2. Fill in the gaps. Use the past continuous.

At 6 .00 I ___________________ (eat).

When I saw John, he __________________ (eat)

When I went to Ann’s house, She ________________(write).

At 8.00 my mother ______________ (cook).

When I arrived all the children _____________ (cry)

At midnight, we ___________ (drive).

3. Make negative sentences.

I was at a bar when they arrived.

We were reading at 11.00.

They were dancing when I saw them.

When I phoned him he was watching TV.

At lunchtime Carl was having a bath.

4. Make questions to the following answers.

______________________________________?

I was eating at lunch time.

______________________________________?

They were opening the umbrella when it started to rain.

______________________________________?

We were making too loudly, so my father woke up.

______________________________________?

No, we weren’t smoking.

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