Past continuous

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Past continuous

- today's goal:

You know how and when to use the past continuous

It was raining.

(past continuous)

We were singing.

(past continuous)

Past Continuous

When something was going on for a period of time in the past.

We were playing football yesterday

Past Continuous

Past tense of the verb 'to be' and verb + ing

I was playing

You were playing

He was playing

We were playing

You were playing

They were playing

Past Continuous = was/were + ww + ing

- verleden tijd

- was in het verleden aan de gang

- in NL: 'ik was aan het ....' 

:) (+)They were cleaning the house when I came home

:((-) They weren't cleaning the house right now

? Were they cleaning the house right now?

Fill in the past continuous: We ................... a good movie when the phone rang.

1. watched
2. have watched
3. were watching
4. are watching

Wat zijn signaalwoorden voor de past continuous?

1. when, while
2. always, never, ever, often
3. right now, at the moment
4. yesterday, last week

Boris ... English

1. was learning
2. is learning
3. has learned
4. will learn

They ... swimming in the lake

1. are swimming
2. were swam
3. were swimming
4. have swum

Your father ... the car

1. will have been repairing
2. is repairing
3. repaired
4. was repairing

I ... a magazine

1. read
2. was reading
3. am reading
4. will read

You ... your bag

1. am packing
2. were packing
3. packed
4. will have packed

My friends ... the match on TV

1. have been watching
2. watched
3. were watching
4. are watching

Past Continuous & Past Continuous

While we ______________________ (walk) the dog, the neighbours _______________ (wash) their car. 

Past Continuous & Past Continuous

While we WERE WALKING (walk) the dog, the neighbours WERE WASHING (wash) their car.