Past continuous

• Last night,Sue and Jack played tennis. they started at 10.00 and finished at 11.00 so at 10.30 they were playing



• was/were+verb+ing this is the past continuous tense



• We use it to express actions that lasted for a period of time in the past


• Ex.: This time last year I was living in China.


• what were you doing at 10.00 last night?


• I was walking home when I met Sue.


• We also use the past simple with the past continuous to say that something happened while something else was happening. We put the action that lasted for a period of time in the past continous and the other in the past simple


• Ex: While I was watching TV ,I slept.


• When my dad arrived at home,we were having dinner.


• There are some verbs that can`t be used in past continuous like{know-believe-want- understsnd-feel}


• Ex: I knew Sue very well.


• I was enjoying the party but my wife wanted to go home


• { EXERCICES}


• Use your ideas to complete the following sentences:


• 1-Tom burnt his hand while he .............................


• 2-The door bell rang while I .................................


• 3-We saw an accident while we.............................


• 4-Mary fell asleep while she..................................


• 5-The television was on but nobody.......................


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