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INGLÊS
Nome: 6º ANO
Data:

FORM: We form the Past Continuous from the past tense of be (was/were) + -ing
form.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

Mary Was studying. Mary wasn´t studying. Was she studying?
Mary and Sue were Mary and Sue weren´t Were they studying?
studying. studying.
USE: We use the Past Continuous to say that something was in progress at a
certain time in the past.
Example: At 5 o´clock Mark was playing football with his friends.
NOTE: Verbs of thinking and feeling usually do not use the Past Continuous but
the Past Simple.
E.g.: think, know, see, hear, like.

A) Fill in the gaps with the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

 The teacher __________ (not talk) when Mary arrived.

 The pupils __________(play) when the bell rang.
 Lucy __________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the door.
 Mark´s parents __________(write) him a letter when the heard a crash.
 Ann __________ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang.
 They __________(not watch) TV when their parents arrived.

B) Look at the picture and write

sentences. Use The Past Continuous.
Example: Cesar and hector were
playing football.

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C) Look at the picture again and answer the following questions:

 Was Leticia playing football?

 _________________________
 Was Laura riding a bike?
 _________________________
 Were Eugenio and Alejandra sitting under a tree?
 _________________________
 Were Hector and Cesar drinking a coke?
 _________________________

D) Write sentences in the negative and affirmative:

Example: Mary / not draw / in class / (read)

Mary wasn´t drawing in class. She was reading.

 The children / not play/ on the beach / (swim)

 _________________________________________________
 You / not listen to me / (talk)
 _________________________________________________
 My parents / not watch TV / (work)
 _________________________________________________
 Ann / not laugh / (cry)
 _________________________________________________
 My sister / not sleep / ( study)
 ________________________________________________
 I / not eat / (drink)
 _________________________________________________

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