This document discusses the past progressive tense in English and provides examples of its use. It is used to talk about actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. Some key uses include emphasizing an ongoing action, and answering questions about what someone was doing at a certain time in the past with sentences like "Yes, I was watching TV yesterday in the night." Exercises are provided to practice forming questions and responses in the past progressive tense.

1. Past Progressive

2. We use past progressive:To talk about what somebody was doing at a certain time in the past.Example: Thefarmerwasworking at 6 o’clockyesterday.

3. Yesterday, I was eating at two o’clock.Yesterday, I was playing at three o’clock.

4. Yesterday, I was watching TV in the night.

5. The past progressive puts emphasis on an action in the past.The policeman was running after the dog yesterday.

6. Thehairdresserwas working in theafternoon.

7. Do we use verbs ending in –ingor –ed?Remember the examples: I was doing my homework last night at 8 o’clock

8. Let’s do some exercises

9. Turn the questions to past progressiveExample: Did you have breakfast?Yes, I was having breakfast at 8 o’clock this morning.Did you watch TV?Yes, I was watching TV yesterday in the night.

10. Did you play soccer?Yes, I__________ (play) soccer in the morning.Did you do your homework?Yes, I__________ (do) my homework at two o’clock in the afternoon.

11. Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive)When I phoned my friends, they ____________(play) monopoly.Yesterday at six I ___________(prepare) dinner.The kids (play)____________ in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

12. While Aaron____________ (work) in his room, his friends__________ (swim) in the pool. Most of the time we _____________(sit) in the park.

13. I _________________ (practice) the guitar when he came home.We____________ (cycle) all day.