[LESSON] Past continuous tense

​Past continuous

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The aim of the lesson is to understand what past continuous is and how to use it.​

​Structure

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Subject + was/ were + verb-ing

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Example 1: I was playing tennis yesterday afternoon.

Example 2: They were swimming in the pool last night. ​

​What does it show?

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Past continuous shows longer actions in the past.

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She started listening to music in the past, continued and then finished listening in the past.

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Now for some questions.​

​Negative

​To make the statement a negative, we add not.

Subject + was/ were + not + verb-ing

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Example 1: I was not playing tennis yesterday afternoon.

Example 2: They were not swimming in the pool last night. ​

​Questions

(Question word) + was/ were + Subject + verb-ing ?

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Example 1: What were you doing yesterday?

Example 2: Were you playing tennis last week?

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Remember when making a question, you need to move the position of the was/ were in front of the subject of the sentence.​

If you need a recap on Past Continuous Tense, watch the following video.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxsUdWfIO3Y&t=309s

Now it is time for a test

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We will now move on to a Quizizz test.

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Go to Google Classroom to access the test.​