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Past simple- past continuous
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This lesson contains 28 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Past simple- past continuous

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past simple

Slide 2 - Mind map

Past Continuous
Rule:


Past of to be + -ing

example:
Yesterday, I was walking to the gym, at 6pm.

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For something which happened before and after another action



Example:
The children were doing their homework when I got home.

Slide 4 - Slide

For something that happened before and after a specific time

Example:
It was eight o'clock. I was writing a letter

Slide 5 - Slide

To show that something continued for some time

Example:
My head was aching.

Slide 6 - Slide

For something that happened again and again

Example:
They were always fighting.

Slide 7 - Slide

With verbs which show change or growth

Example:
Her English was improving.

Slide 8 - Slide

What is the past continuous? (RULE)

Slide 9 - Open question

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Slide 10 - Video

00:34
What is the present continuous tense in the sentence? "I was doing my homework."

Slide 11 - Open question

00:41
What is the past continuous tense in the sentence? "I was playing my guitar."

Slide 12 - Open question

00:50
Past continuous tense? "We were having a great party."

Slide 13 - Open question

00:56
Past continuous? "I was looking around."

Slide 14 - Open question

01:03
"I was repairing my car."

Slide 15 - Open question

01:09
"I was waiting for my friend and reading the newspaper."

Slide 16 - Open question

01:14
"I was working in my office."

Slide 17 - Open question

01:24
"I was mending the roof."

Slide 18 - Open question

01:28
"We were learning English."

Slide 19 - Open question

01:35
"I was playing my flute."

Slide 20 - Open question

01:39
"I was making a phone call."

Slide 21 - Open question

We _____
(eat) dinner at 8pm last night when the power went out.
A
are eating
B
were eating
C
is eating
D
was eating

Slide 22 - Quiz

We ______
(watch) TV when we ______
(hear) a loud noise.
A
were watching - heared
B
was watching - heared
C
were watching - heard
D
was watching - heard

Slide 23 - Quiz

Last year I _____
(visit) Paris and Rome.
A
was visiting
B
visited
C
were visiting
D
visitted

Slide 24 - Quiz

He ____
(work) in the garden when he _____
(find) the money.
A
were working - finded
B
worked - was finding
C
was finding - works
D
was working - found

Slide 25 - Quiz

When I _____
(call) Julie, she _____
(work).
A
calls - worked
B
called - worked
C
Called - was working
D
Called - were working

Slide 26 - Quiz

what is the difference between past simple and past continous?

Slide 27 - Open question

Write down a sentence in the past continuous tense.

Slide 28 - Open question