1 Complete the text with the correct past continuous affirmative and negative forms of the verbs below. There are two extra verbs.

buy catch enjoy feel make play swim


One day last summer something really surprising happened to us at the beach. The weather was great, so lots of people 1_______________________ in the sea. l 2_______________________ ice creams from a shop with my parents, and my brothers 3_______________________ football on the beach. Everyone 4_______________________ the lovely weather until someone suddenly shouted, ‘SHARK!’ There was a shark in the water, but luckily it didn't try to eat anyone. Perhaps it 5_______________________ hungry!


2 Look at the dialogues and complete the questions. Use the past continuous.

Joe Sorry about that – I was talking on the phone.

Harry What 1___________ ___________ ___________ about?

Joe The party next week.

Sue My sister was watching a film last night.

Gina Which film 2___________ ___________ ___________ ?

Sue Despicable Me 2.

Gavin Mick was at the park after school yesterday.

Ben What 3___________ ___________ ___________ there?

Gavin I don't know.

Jen Lucy and Kate were in an Italian restaurant when I saw them.

Sally Really? What 4___________ ___________ ___________ ?

Jen A pizza.

Ellie I arrived at the party and saw you talking to someone.

Ruby Oh, who 5___________ ___________ ___________ to?

Ellie I don't know, but he was very good-looking.

Respuesta :

Answer:

1--

Swam

Bought

Played

Enjoyed

Wasn't

2--

What were you talking about

What film was she watching

What time was he there

What did they eat

Oh who was I talking to

Explanation:

We can complete the text with the correct past continuous forms of the verbs in the following manner:

1. were swimming

2. was buying

3. were playing

4. was enjoying

5. wasn't feeling

We can complete the dialogues with the past continuous in the following manner:

1. What were you talking about?

2. Which film was she watching?

3. What was he doing there?

4. What were they eating?

5. Oh, who was I talking to?

  • The Past Continuous tense is used to talk about actions that lasted a while in the past.
  • The structure is:

Subject + past form of "to be" + main verb with -ing

  • The verb "to be" is the auxiliary verb in this tense. We must use it to make the negative and interrogative forms:

Affirmative: Leslie was eating a slice of pizza.

Negative: Leslie wasn't eating a slice of pizza.

Interrogative: Was Leslie eating a slice of pizza?

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