The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It provides examples of affirmative and negative forms of the past continuous using was/were and the -ing form of verbs. It also gives examples of when to use the past continuous - to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. Some examples include "While we were playing, it started to rain" and "They were travelling through Cusco all last night."

1. WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

2. TODAY AT 10 am in the SCHOOL
Hi Diana! I’m ok!
And you?
Hi Henry! How is
it going?
Great thanks!...
WHERE are you
going now?
I’m going to
the library.

3. Hi Katy!
Hi everyone!
What are you
doing now?
I’m
watching a
video.
I’m playing with
my new robot.
I’m doing my
homework.
THEY ARE TALKING IN THE CLASSROOM.
SOPHIE LIAN KIMMY

4. YESTERDAY
WHAT WERE THEY DOING?

5. WHAT WERE
THEY DOING
YESTERDAY
MORNING?

6. YESTERDAY AT 10 am in the SCHOOL
Hi Diana! I’m ok!
And you?
Hi Henry! How is
it going?
Great thanks!...
WHERE were you
going yesterday?
I was going
to the
library.

7. Hi Katy!
Hi everyone!
What were you
doing yesterday?
I was
watching a
video.
I was playing with
my new robot.
I wasdoing
my
homework.
THEY WERE TALKING IN THE CLASSROOM..
SOPHIE LIAN KIMMY

8. WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE?

9. PAST
CONTINUOUS
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE FORM

10. AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Verb TO BE in the past
He/ she/ it
I
They/
you/ we/
you
am
is
are
GERUND
ing
• Eat - eat
• Walk - walk
• Sleep - sleep
• Read - read
?

11. LET’S
PRACTIC
E
Change the following
sentences to the past
continuous form.
1. I am working right
now.
2. You are taking a bath
3. Monica and Lian are
having dinner.
3. We are studying maths.

12. NEGATIVE FORM
WAS + NOT
=
WERE + NOT
=
verb +ing
verb +ing
I / HE / SHE / IT
YOU / WE / THEY / YOU

13. 1. I was_____ working right now.
2. You were______ taking a bath.
3. Monica was _____ having dinner.
4. We were_____ washing our car.
5. They were_____ building a house.
Put the negative form of the past
continuous.

14. WHEN AM I
GOING TO USE
THE PAST
CONTINUOUS ?

15. Describe an action that was
in progress at a specific time
in the past.
• While we were playing,
it started to rain.
• This time yesterday we
were playing
basketball.
• All last night they were
travelling through
Cusco.
• It was raining at noon
yesterday.
• I was not visiting the
museum at ten
yesterday.
TIME EXPRESSIONS
They were playing in the park at 4
o’clock.
1

16. I was sleeping when my mom called
me.
ALEEEX!!!
2

17. I was eating while he was
playing.
3

20. LET’S PLAY!
ARE YOU READY?

21. R
U
L
E
S

22. NOW, IT’S YOUR TURN!
• In pairs, write a text about what you werw doing
yesterday using the past continuous and its uses.
Use the time expressions like:
while / when / at (hour) /
yesterday morning or night, etc
EXAMPLE:
It was yesterday morning, I was
cleaning the windows when I saw
a strange man out of my house......