LVB Engels 3 - Bijlage 1 Worksheets) Past Continuous

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The Past Continuous

1. The freeze game

E.g. They were playing ice hockey.

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2a. Complete the newspaper articles with the PastSimple of the verbs in the boxes.


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2b. Match these phrases to the articles. Where exactlydoes each phrase go in the story?

A because she was revising for exams.B As he was running out of the bank,

C Everyone was having a good time when suddenly D that was waiting for him outside.E and some of them were carrying knifes.F , who was wearing a mask, .

3. Basic use of the past continuous

Look at the previous exercise. Can you find the difference between thepast simple and the past continuous? When do we use the pastcontinuous?

In words

a. Hands up, Ive got a burger! b. Teenage party ends in tears

1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.


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The Past Simple The Past Continuous1. For a state in the past.e.g. Poor Grandmamma was terrified.2. For past time actions which are

completely finished.e.g. He went and knocked onGrandmas door.3. For series of actions in thepast.e.g. He stopped, he stared and thenhe said.

The result of the action

1. The past continuous expresses apast activity that has duration.e.g. I met her while I was living in

Paris.2. The activity began before theaction expressed by the past simple.e.g. She was making coffee when wearrived.3. It expresses an activity inprogress before, and probably after,a time in the past.e.g. When I woke up the sun wasshining.

Length of the period.

Scheme

4. Theformation of the past continuous

The past continuous is the past of be + ing form.e.g. I was waiting for my friends. It was getting dark.

You were reading a book. We were laughing out loud.He/she was ironing the clothes. They were going home from

work.

Positive Negative InterrogativeI was

workingwas not/wasntworking

Was I working?

you wereworking

were not/werentworking

Were you working?

he/she/it

wasworking

was not/wasntworking

Was he/she/it working?

we wereworking

were not/werentworking

Were we working?

you were

working

were not/werent

working

Were you working?

they were were not/werent Were they working?


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5. Exercises

5.1 Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into

the Past Continuous.

1. I tried to explain my problem to her, but she (not/listen)2. He (talk) on the phone when I arrived.3. A lot of people (wait) for the 7.30 bus last night.4. I (live) in London when I met them.5. I nearly had an accident this morning. A car (come) towards me, but I moved quickly out of the way.6. At the end of the first half of the game, they (win)

.7. It was a sunny afternoon and people (sit) on thegrass in the park. Then it suddenly started to rain.

5.2 Describe what the people in the picture were doing when Rickcame into the room.

1. George a newspaper. 5. Barbara a letter.2. Julie a sandwich. 6. Rita

her hair.3. Sue and Liz table tennis. 7. Alison to music.4. Caroline on the floor. 8. Ann a picture.5.3 Write down five sentences about what these people weredoing when the accident happened. You may work in pairs.


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