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Grade: ( 6 ) Handout: ( ) No. pages:( ) Date:……………………… period: …………………... Name:………………………….. FORM: We form the Past Continuous from the past tense of be (was/were) + -ing form . AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE Mary Was studying . Mary and Sue were studying . Mary wasn´t studying . Mary and Sue weren´t studying . Was she studying ? Were they studying ? USE: We use the P ast Continuous to say that something was in progress at a certain time in the past . Example: At 5 o´clock Mark was playing football with his friends . NOTE: Verbs of thinking and feeling usually do not use the Past Continuous but the Past Simple . E.g.: think, know, see, hear, like . A) Fill in the gaps with th e Past Continuous of the v erbs in brackets. The teacher __________ (not talk) when Mary arrived. The pupils __________(play) when the bell rang. Lucy __________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the door. Mark´s parents __________(write) him a letter when the heard a crash. Ann __________ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang.

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Grade: ( 6 ) Handout: ( ) No. pages:( ) Date:……………………… period:…………………...

Name:…………………………..

FORM: We form the Past Continuous from the past tense of be (was/were) + -ing

form.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

Mary Was studying.

Mary and Sue werestudying.

Mary wasn´t studying.

Mary and Sue weren´tstudying.

Was she studying?

Were they studying?

USE: We use the Past Continuous to say that something was in progress at a

certain time in the past.

Example: At 5 o´clock Mark was playing football with his friends.

NOTE: Verbs of thinking and feeling usually do not use the Past Continuous but

the Past Simple.

E.g.: think, know, see, hear, like.

A) Fill in the gaps with the Past Continuous of the verbs in

brackets.

• The teacher __________ (not talk) when Mary arrived.

• The pupils __________(play) when the bell rang.

• Lucy __________ (do) her homework when someone

knocked the door.

• Mark´s parents __________(write) him a letter when

the heard a crash.

• Ann __________ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang.

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Grade: ( 6 ) Handout: ( ) No. pages:( ) Date:……………………… period:

…………………...

Name:…………………………..

A) Look at the picture and write sentences. Use The Past Continuous.

Example: Cesar and hector were playing football . 

•  ________________________________________________________ 

 ________________________________________________________ 

•  ________________________________________________________ 

•  _________________________________________________________ 

•  _________________________________________________________ 

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Grade: ( 6 ) Handout: ( ) No. pages:( ) Date:……………………… period:…………………...

Name:…………………………..

Choose the correct form of the PAST CONTINUOUS tense:

1. The children ________ outside when it ran.a) were playing b) was playing

2. The dog ________ at us when we entered the garden.

a) were barking b) was barking

3. My teacher ________ the exercise to me when the bell rang.a) were explaining b) was explaining

4. I ________ to my mp3 player when he arrived.

a) were listening b) was listening

5. Those people ________ towards the library when the car crashed.

a) were walking b) was walking

6. The cook ________ a tasty meal when the gas was off.

a) were preparing b) was preparing

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Grade: ( 6 ) Handout: ( ) No. pages:( ) Date:……………………… period:…………………...

Name:…………………………..

Fill 

in

the

blanks with the words in the box.

First, I get up early at 6 o'clock in the _________ . Next, I

 _________ my teeth and wash my _________ . Then, I put onmy

 _________ and comb my

 _________ . After that, I eat _________ . Next I go to

 _________ 

. At school we

 _________ different subjects. I also _________ with myfriends

FirstNex

tThen After that Finally

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at school. After school, I go _________ . At home, I

 _________ 

the room and do my _________ 

. Later, I _________ dinner with my family. After dinner, I

 _________ TV. Finally, I go to_________ .

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Name:…………………………..

Grade: ( 6 ) Handout: ( ) No. pages:( ) Date:……………………… period:…………………...

Name:…………………………..

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Put each group of sentences in order and de use the expressions (first,

then and finally), one for each sentence.