Past continuous tense

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The document discusses examples of using the past continuous tense in sentences, including when the phone rang someone was writing a letter, while one person was reading another was watching TV, people were planting trees when it started raining, and while listening to music someone's sister was studying.

When the phone rang, she was writing a letter

While Selin was reading Sedat was watching tv.

We were planting tree when It started rain

While I was listening musıc my sister studing

The document discusses different uses of the past continuous tense in English. It describes using the past continuous to indicate an interrupted action, where a longer past action was interrupted by a shorter action in the simple past. It also discusses using a specific time, like "at 6 PM", to interrupt an action in the past continuous. Additionally, it explains how the past continuous can be used to describe two parallel actions happening at the same time in the past.

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Steve fell off while racing down a hill. Jeff was cooking when a bird flew into the window. Oliver saw a crocodile while fishing. Several people were engaged in various activities when unexpected things occurred: Susan got soaked by a wave on the beach, Julia saw the clock while running to school, Lana got soaked by a car at the bus stop, Gabriella tripped while walking down the street, some students heard the bell while doing an exercise, and my parents heard a knock at the door while watching TV. My sister's tooth fell out while brushing her teeth and the lights went out while we were eating dinner.

The Past Continuous Tense

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Past continuous tense

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The document discusses the past continuous tense in English grammar. It explains that the past continuous is used to describe background activities or situations that were ongoing at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of using the past continuous to set the scene before describing events using the past simple tense. It also compares the past continuous and past simple. Additionally, it outlines the form, usage and structure of the past continuous tense, including positive and negative statements and questions. Finally, it discusses how nouns are related to the past continuous, including noun markers, endings and forming plurals.

Past continuous presentation

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The past continuous tense expresses an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It is used to "set the scene" by describing background details or multiple parallel actions happening simultaneously. There are several key uses of the past continuous tense: to indicate an interrupted ongoing past action, to emphasize a specific interrupting time, to describe parallel past actions, to create an atmospheric description, or to express repetition or irritation with words like "always." Care must be taken to not use non-continuous or mixed verbs in the past continuous form.

Past continuous tense

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The document describes the forms and uses of the past continuous tense in English. It outlines the positive, negative, and question forms of the past continuous tense using examples. It then discusses four main uses of the past continuous tense: 1) to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past, 2) to describe an action that was ongoing over a period of time in the past, 3) to describe a longer action that was interrupted by a shorter action, and 4) to describe a temporary past action. The document concludes by contrasting the use of the past continuous and past simple tenses.

The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It explains that the past continuous is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress during a period of time in the past. It provides examples of how the past continuous is used to talk about actions happening at a specific time, over a duration, or in the background while another past action occurred. The document contrasts the past continuous with the simple past and discusses their different meanings. It concludes with a memory exercise asking readers to recall details from an image they viewed for one minute.

Past continuous tense

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1) The past continuous tense describes an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It uses the structure of was/were + verb+ing. 2) It is used to describe actions that were interrupted by other actions in the simple past tense or by specific times. 3) It can also describe two parallel ongoing actions happening simultaneously in the past. 4) It is sometimes used to describe the atmosphere or setting at a past time by listing several ongoing parallel actions. 5) With words like "always" or "constantly", it expresses irritation with repetitive ongoing past actions.

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The document discusses the past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive. It provides examples of how to use the past progressive to describe actions that were ongoing or interrupted in the past. It covers the basic formation of the past progressive using was/were + verb+ing. It also discusses how to form negatives, yes/no questions, Wh- questions, and tag questions in the past progressive tense. Exercises with answers are provided to practice using the past progressive.

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This 70-minute lesson plan aims to teach secondary two students about the past continuous tense. The lesson begins with introducing the tense through a story told with pictures. Students then practice forming the tense and asking questions in it. Most of the lesson focuses on speaking practice, with activities like a guessing game where students act out past actions and a pair work activity comparing pictures. Students consolidate their learning by doing an accompanying workbook individually. The goal is for students to understand and verbally apply the past continuous tense by lesson's end.

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The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It explains the form of the past continuous tense in positive, negative, and yes/no question sentences. It then provides four uses of the past continuous tense: 1) to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past, 2) to describe an action that was ongoing over a period of time in the past, 3) to describe a longer ongoing action that was interrupted by a shorter action in simple past tense, 4) to describe a temporary or non-permanent action in the past. It concludes by contrasting the past continuous and past simple tenses.