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     

Watching+Tv (binary/octet-stream)

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      

Portrait Young Man Having Breakfast Portrait Hungry Young Man Having Breakfast Sitting Table Kitchen 115301696 (binary/octet-stream)

What were they/the girls doing?

Listening (binary/octet-stream)

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.?

Girl Combing Her Long Hair (binary/octet-stream)

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 

  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.  

     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    

ING FORMS

    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