PAST CONTINUOUS

WHAT WERE YOU DOING ?

• What were you doing before English class?
• I was attending a different class, Occupational health
• I was in other class
• I was having/eating breakfast
• I was having a job interview
• I was preparing the breakfast for my family
• 

What was he doing at 7:00 a.m.?

• He was having breakfast
• What was he eating?
• He was eating toasts with butter
• What was he drinking?
• He was drinking orange juice
• 

What were they/the girls doing?

• 
• They were listening to music
• Were they singing?
• No, they weren't singing, they were listening to music
• What kind of music were they listening?
• They were listening pop/rock/romantic/classic

what was I doing at 6 a.m.?

• 
• I was drinking coffee
• I was sleeping
• I was dreaming with Sara
• I was dressing up/putting on my clothes
• I was combing my hair
• I was brushing my teeth

Folie 5

• It can also be used to describe something that was happening continuously in the past when another action interrupted it.
• I was making dinner when she arrived.
• I was watching my favorite series when he called me.
• I was getting over my ex when he came looking for me.
• what was happening at a precise time in the past.
• Example: At 6 o’clock, I was eating dinner./ I was eating dinner at 6 o´clock
• It can also refer to a habitual action in the past.
• Example: She was talking constantly in class in those days.

Activity

• Writing a story telling, make some flash cards, create a lottery or a guessing game to show and share with your classmates taking into account the topic seen.

ING FORMS

• Play....playing stay---- staying home
• Study.... studying English
• walk/work/dream/ bring/hurt
• walking/working/dreaming/bringing/hurting
• stop---stopping ----- swim/swimming ---- run/running
• clean---- cleaning
• take ---- taking ----make--- making---- have --- having

Folie 8

• What were your mother/wife/sister/father doing some minutes ago?
• What were you doing at 10 p.m. last night?

ADD ING WITH THE CORRECT FORM

• become --- becoming drive--- driving forget---- forgeting
• paint--- painting blow---blowing get ---- getting break ----- breaking give --- giving learn--- learning speak---- speaking write---- writing understand---- understanding
• sleep--- sleeping dream--- dreaming spend--- spending ride---- riding think---- thinking read--- reading
• apoligize--- apologizing forgive ---- forgiving take---- taking
• cut ---- cutting teach---- teaching date --- dating rent --- renting repeat---- repeating
• hit---- hitting wait ---- waiting cook ---- cooking dance---- dancing travel ---- travelling/traveling