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2. Examples of the past continuous:
I was cleaning my house when you called.
I was listening to music while my friends were
studying.
I was hoping you could help me find an
apartment.
At 8 pm last night I was chatting to my friends on
Facebook.
3. We use the past continuous in four main
ways
An interrupted action
Simultaneous actions
A polite request, asking for something
politely
Action in progress around a point in
time
4. Ok, that’s a lot of information!
Let’s look at the previous
sentences in more detail!
5. An interrupted action
I was cleaning my house when you called.
One action was
in progress
I was cleaning my
house.
6. An interrupted action
I was cleaning my house when you called.
when you called.
One action was
in progress
I was cleaning my
house.
The second action
interrupts the first
action.
7. Some more examples of this
kind of sentence:
I was walking in the street when I met my
friend.
I was talking on my phone when my
battery died.
8. Simultaneous actions
We can use the past continuous to
describe two actions that are happening at
the same time.
Two very important words are
When and while.
While = at the same time
9. Simultaneous actions
I was listening to music while my friends were
studying.
My friends were making so much noise when I was
trying to sleep!
While I was preparing this power point my
housemate was cooking dinner for a friend!
10. Simultaneous actions
Notice how when and while are used
I was listening to music while my friends were
studying.
My friends were making so much noise when I was
trying to sleep!
While I was preparing this power point my
housemate was cooking dinner for a friend!
11. Polite requests
English is a very indirect language.
We use a lot of polite ways to ask for something.
Is it ok if…..
Would you please help me?
Could you please show me?
12. Polite requests
We use past continuous to ask for things politely.
Two important verbs are:
To Hope and To Wonder.
13. Polite requests
To hope
A common way to use this is
I was hoping I could ask you something
We were hoping we could buy tickets for the AC-DC
concert.
She was hoping to speak to speak to the manager
about a job.
14. Polite requests
To wonder
A common way to use this is
I was wondering if……
I was wondering if you could help me find a new
apartment
We were wondering if it would be possible to buy
tickets for the Game of thrones tour today?
15. Actions around a point in time
When we say a point in time we can mean two
things
ONE:
A specific point in time:
At 11 am I was watching the news.
At 4 pm she was still working.
TWO:
A period of time
I was working at a sports shop last year.
I was studying at university in 2008.
16. Form of the past continuous
affirmative
Personal pronoun Verb to be in past Verb+ing
I
He
She
was Talking
You
We
they
Were Talking
17. Form of the past continuous
negative
Personal pronoun Verb to be in past Verb+ing
I
He
She
Was not
Wasn’t
Talking
You
We
they
Were not Talking
18. Form of the past continuous
questions
Verb to be in past Personal pronoun Verb+ing
was I
He
she
Talking?
Were You
We
they
Talking?
19. Around a point in time
When we say a point in time we can mean two
things
ONE:
A specific point in time:
At 11 am I was watching the news.
At 4 pm she was still working.
TWO:
A period of time
I was working at a sports shop last year.
I was studying at university in 2008.
20. 1. Why he was singing in the
street?
2. Max and Mona were
playing with the
playstation?
3. Was my parents visiting
my grandparents?
4. Were the child crying
because he had an
accident
5. Max and Mona were read
a book about sports
vocabulary.
6. The receptionist was
speak on the phone.
7. I was play in the park.
8. Who was Mona dream
about?
9. It were raining heavily.
21. 1. Why he was singing in the
street?
2. Max and Mona were
playing with the
playstation?
3. Was my parents visiting
my grandparents?
4. Were the child crying
because he had an
accident
5. Max and Mona were read
a book about sports
vocabulary.
6. The receptionist was
speak on the phone.
7. I was play in the park.
8. Who was Mona dream
about?
9. It were raining heavily.
1. Why was he singing in the
street?
2. Were Max and mona
playing with the
playstation?
3. Were my parents visiting
my grandparents?
4. Was the child crying
because he had and
accident?
5. Max and mona were
reading a book about
sports vocabulary.
6. The receptionist was
speaking on the phone.
7. I was playing in the park.
8. Who was Mona dreaming
about?
9. It was raining heavily.
