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LET'S READ! 📖
Direction: Read the short passages then answer the questions being asked.
Passage 1
Yesterday was terrible for me because I stayed at home all morning. I wanted to go out but it was raining outside. I was feeling tired of being trapped inside the house. I tried to play with my sister but was doing her homework. My father was reading his book and my mother was watching TV. After lunch, I decided to sit by the window and watch the street. While I was watching the street, I witnessed an accident. A car couldn't stop at the traffic lights and hit another car. Luckily nobody got injured. Now, I'm waiting for my friend. We will go to the park to play football together. I injured my knee while I was playing last week but it is okay now. My team needs me!
Comprehension Questions:
1. Why was yesterday a terrible day for him?
2. What happened while he was watching the street?
3. What happened to his knee?
LET'S UNDERSTAND! 📚
Past Continuous
1. Use the past continuous to talk about events which were in progress at a particular time in the past.
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It was raining so they didn't go out.
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2. Use the past continuous to set the background to a story - to talk about what was going on when an event happened. The main events are usually in the past simple.
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They were dancing for about 1 minute. The music stopped and the lights went out.
Example:
3. Use when or while to link past simple and past continuous. We can use when before the past simple or the past continuous.
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They were dancing for about 1 minute when suddenly the lights went out.
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While they were dancing, the lights suddenly went out.
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4. Use while with the past continuous in both parts of a sentence to talk about two situations going on at the same time.
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While we were studying English, my wife and I were living in New York.
Example:
5. Use the past continuous to give the reason for a past event.
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She shouted at me because I was driving fast.
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6. Make the past continuous using the verb was / were + verb -ing form
| STATEMENT | NEGATIVE |
|---|---|
| I/He/She/It was working | was not (wasn't) working |
| You/We/They were working | were not (weren't) working |
| QUESTION | SHORT ANSWER |
Was I/he/she/it working? |
Yes, (she) was. |
| No, (she) wasn't. | |
Were you/we/they were working? |
Yes, (you) were. |
| No, (you) weren't. |
LET'S PRACTICE! 📝
Direction: You and your mentor will play a game. You will take turns in asking questions using the pattern "what were you doing?". The person who asked the question will guess if the answer is true or bluff.
Example:
Learner
Mentor
I was watching a movie at home.
Learner
True/Bluff
Now, it's your turn.
What were you doing yesterday evening?