THE PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE

A. What are they doing? How often do they do it? Did they do it yesterday? Were
they doing it at this time yesterday?
B. Chronological List of Events
1. Compare and complete the following sentences.

No. Time Now, right now, at present

At this time yesterday, last
week, two days ago, last
month, etc
1 04.30 I am sleeping. I was sleeping.
2 05.30 My mother is preparing My mother was preparing
breakfast. breakfast.
3 06.30 We are eating breakfast We were eating breakfast
4 08.00
5 10.00
6 12.30
7 13.00
8 14.00
9 16.00
10 18.00
11 21.00
12 22.00
13 23.00
14 24.00
15 01.00

2. What were you doing then?

Complete the dialog with the appropriate words phrases.

A. Al, Called you last night. But you mother told me that you were not home.
I called you for the our homework.
B. Sorry, Sam…, I was going out with my brother. I was taking him shoe
store.

A. Hi Ron, how are you?

B. Just fine, thanks.
A. I came to your house at 7 last night. You were not home. Where are you
and what were you doing then?
B. ……………………………………….

A. We were having an English test at this time yesterday. What were you
doing then?
B. …………………………………………..
C. Something was happening when something else happened.