this presentation explains the past continuous with past time clauses. Target level is high-intermediate

1. By: Hussain Al-ghawi
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Target Level: high- intermediate

2. Definition
• The past continuous OR past progressive: is the action
started before that moment but has not finished at that
moment.
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3. Rules
• Auxiliary verb “was or were” is used in
sentence.
• and the -ing form of a ​verb
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4. Timeline
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5. Past Continuous - Examples
in Songs!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8
ZBiotGvPk
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6. Structure of sentence
Structure of
sentence
Positive
sentences
Negative
sentences
Yes/no
questions
Information
questions
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8. Past Continuous Form
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9. Meaning And Use Notes
• Activities in progress in the past.
• Stative verbs & the past continuous.
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10. Activities in Progress in the Past.
• 1 A : Use the past continuous to talk about activities that
were in progress (happing) at a specific time in the past.
• Examples:
I wasn’t raining at lunch time. It was snowing.
She was studying at Kent library in 2011.
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11. Continue
• 2 B: The past continuous is often used to talk about
several activities that were in progress at the same time.
• Example
At eight o’clock they were
eating dinner, discussing their plans,
and having a good time.
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12. Continue
• 3 C: The past continuous expresses an ongoing
past activities that may or may not be completed.
• Example:
• At 1:30 Sarah was making lunch in the kitchen.
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13. Stative Verbs & The Past Continuous
• 1 A: Many stative verbs are used simple past, but not in the
past.
• Some of these verbs are: know, own, mean, seem, and
understand.
• Example:
 I knew all the answers. (correct) √
 I was knowing all the answers. (incorrect)×
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14. • 2 B: Some stative verbs in the past continuous, but they are
used as action verbs with a different meaning.
• Some of these verbs are: have, think, taste, and weigh.
• Example:
Simple Past: Did you have a car?
Past Continuous: they were having a good time at the football
game.
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15. Past continuous Exercises
• http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php
_files/grammar-exercise-past-
progressive.php
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16. Clauses Overview
Clause is a group of words that has a subject and
a verb.
A main clause can stand alone as a complete
sentence.
A dependent clause cannot stand alone and must
be used with a main clause.
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17. Past time clauses
• Past time clauses are dependent clauses. They begin with
words such as before, when, while, and after.
• The verbs in a past time clause and main clause can be in the
simple past or past continuous.
• A past time clause can come before or after the main clause
with no change in the meaning.
• If the past time comes first, it is separated from the main clause
by a comma.
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18. Sentence With Past Time Clauses
Past Time Clause Main Clause
Subject Verb Subject Verb
Before the storm hit, everyone
was
sleeping.
When the house collapsed, I
was
eating
dinner.
While I
was
sleeping,
the phone rang.
After the play ended, everyone clapped.
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19. Position of past time clause
Past time clause Main clause
When the house collapsed, I was eating dinner.
After the play ended, Everyone clapped
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Main clause Past time clause
I was eating dinner. When the house collapsed.
Everyone clapped After the play ended.

20. Meaning and use notes
• Simultaneous events.
• Interrupted events.
• Events in sequence.
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21. Simultaneous Events
• Sentence with past time clauses describe the order in which
two past events occurred.
• When or while introduces the time clauses
• Example:
• When I was sleeping, the children were playing soccer in the
living room!
• I was sleeping while the children were playing soccer in the
living room!
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22. Interrupted events
• When one verb is in the simple past and other is in the past
continuous, it shows the one event interrupted the other.
• The event in the past continuous started first and was
interrupted by the simple past event.
• When or while begins the time clause, which use the past
continuous.
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23. Example
Past Continuous Simple Past
(First event) (Second event)
When I was sleeping, The telephone rang.
While I was sleeping, The telephone rang.
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24. Events in Sequence
• When the verbs in both time clause and main clause are
in the simple past, one event happened after the other
(in sequence).
• Before, when, or after introduces the time clause and
indicates the order of events.
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25. Time Clauses Exercises
• http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~mbibliow/tim
eclauses2_4.html
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26. Role Play: Student A
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27. Role Play: Student B
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