Grammar for fifth graders

2. PAST CONTINUOUS
P r e s e n t T e n s e
« G e n e r a l l y »
Past Tense
«Yesterday»
Present
continuous
«NOW»
Future Tense
«tomorrow»

3. She was playing
Minecraft when
ı saw her.
She is playing
Minecraft when
ı see her
PAST CONTINUOUS VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS
(- ING)

4. POSITIVE SENTENCE : WAS / WERE + VERB –ING
• Ela was shouting in the class when the teacher
came.
• Subject + was / were + Verb -ing + Object.
Ela was shouting in the
class,
She was fishing with her
friends.
They were doing their
homework.

5. POSITIVE SENTENCE
I was
You
We were
They + verb -ing
He
She was
It

7. NEGATIVE SENTENCES : WERE / WAS NOT +
VERB -ING
• Egemen wasn’t running yesterday in the school
because he was ill.
• Subject + was / were + NOT + Verb -ing +
Object.
Egemen wasn’t running in the
school.
Mina wasn’t feeling happy .
They weren’t playing
basketball.

8. NEGATIVE SENTENCE
I was
You
We were
They NOT + verb -ing
He
She was
It

9. YES / NO QUESTION SENTENCES
• Was Cansu gossiping with Zeynep yesterday in
the lesson about Mrs Betül?
• Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t.
• Was / were + Subject + Verb -ing + Object?
Was Cansu gossiping with
Zeynep?
Was Ahmet kidding with us?

10. YES / NO QUESTION SENTENCES
Was I
you
Were we
they + verb –ing?
she
Was he
it

11. WH- QUESTIONS
• What was Mehmet Can doing with his friends
yesterday?
• Mehmet can was listening to music at home.
• Wh- question +was / were + Subject + Verb -ing + Object?
What was he doing with his
friends?

12. WH- QUESTIONS
What
Who
How was / were + subject + vern –
ing?
Where
When