At 2:35 pm yesterday, a laptop containing important data was stolen from a manager's desk at an office. The police are questioning all employees in an attempt to find who committed the crime. The document provides a list of activities for the reader to choose from to create an alibi for their movements at the time of the theft.

1. Name:………………………………………………. Date: ……………………………….
Writing Practice 04 Past Continuous
Yesterday at 2:35 pm a laptop with very important data on it was stolen from a
manager’s desk. The police are questioning all the people who work in that office to try to
find who is guilty of this crime.
Please choose at least 12 activities from the list below to make up your alibi. First,
choose the activity that you were doing at 2:35 pm yesterday. Then arrange the other activities
in the order you imagine you did them (you can choose several activities to do at the same
time, e.g: I was reading a newspaper and drinking my coffee from 2:00-3:00 PM yesterday).
Use the Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses in your writing. Write at least 100 words.
Board meeting starts
Board meeting ends
Emailing foreign subsidiary
Filing
Telephoning suppliers
Writing memo(s)
Proofreading a report
Interviewing job applicant(s)
Giving PowerPoint presentation
Giving clients a tour of the company
Arrive at work
Your boss arrives at work
Drinking coffee
Signing for deliveries
Having lunch break
Leave work
Listen to your mobile messages

2. A cigarette break
Complaining
Apologizing
Tidying up the office
Chatting with colleagues
Someone leaves a note on your computer screen