Past Continuous

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practice past continuous here.
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Question 1

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Which are the two forms of the verb to be in past?
Answer
  • is/are
  • was/were
  • am/are

Question 2

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How do we form the past continuous?
Answer
  • subject + past tense of "to be" + the main verb with -ing ending + complement.
  • subject + present tense of "to be" + the main verb with -ing ending + complement
  • subject + past tense of "to be" + verb + complement

Question 3

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How do we make a negative sentence in past continuous?
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  • we just add not at the end of the sentence
  • you have to add "not" between "to be" and the main verb.
  • we add not next to the complement.

Question 4

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how do we make a question in the past continuous?
Answer
  • We put the form of to be in past in front of the sentence, then the seubject and the main verb with ing ending.
  • We put the form of to be in past in front of the sentence, then the seubject and the main verb in infinitive.
  • We put the form of to be in present in front of the sentence, then the seubject and the main verb with ing ending.

Question 5

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What exactly is the past continuous?
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  • Is used to talk about something that was happening at a certain time in the past, at that moment the action had already started but finished.
  • Is used to talk about something that was happening at a certain time in the present, at that moment the action had already started but not finished.
  • Is used to talk about something that was happening at a certain time in the past, at that moment the action had already started but not finished.

Question 6

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We also use the past continuous to...
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  • describe what was happening when the main action in a sentnce happened.
  • to describe events.
  • to describe completed past events.

Question 7

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We use the past continuous plus always to talk about...
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  • Annoying Habits in the present.
  • Annoying Habits happened in the past but are now finished.
  • Annoying Habits happened in the past and present.

Question 8

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When we use two or more forms of past continuous in a sentence means that....
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  • Several things were happening at the same time
  • a thing was happening at the same time
  • Several things were happening one by one.

Question 9

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Which sentence is in past continuous?
Answer
  • I was watching TV when my mother arrived.
  • I love watching TV.
  • I was watched through the camera

Question 10

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Which sentence is in past continuous?
Answer
  • They were playing football when started to rain.
  • They played football when started to rain.
  • They play football when started to rain.
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