STAGE 3 GrAMMAr NAME: Juan Guillermo Zuluaga Saavedra ScorE

13 Past continuous: affir mative, negative, questions, short answers (1)

Past continuous affirmative Past continuous negative
I/he/she/it + was + -ing I/he/she/it + wasnt (was not) + -ing
you/we/they + were + -ing you/we/they + were (were not) + -ing
I was dancing. It wasnt snowing.
They were watching TV. We werent feeling well.

Past continuous questions Past continuous short answers

Was + I/he/she/it + -ing ? Yes, I/he/she/it was.
Were + you/we/they + -ing ? Yes, you/we/they were.
Was he working? No, I/he/she/it wasnt.
Were you studying? No, you/we/they werent.

El past continuous se usa para expresar acciones que

estaban ocurriendo en un momento dado del pasado.
2 Lee la tabla. Luego escribe frases en
la forma afirmativa o negativa del past
1 Completa las frases en la forma afirmativa o continuous.
negativa del past continuous. What were you doing at 8 oclock
yesterday?
I play the flute
you not watch TV
he not read
she laugh with her friends
it not snow
we have dinner
they chat
Emma study
Luke not work

I was playing the flute.

Yesterday
1 You werent watching TV
Paco wasnt feeling (feel) well.
2 He wasnt reading
1 We werent chating (not chat)
3 She was laughing with her friends
with friends.
4 It wasnt snowing
2 I Wasnt playing (not play) the guitar.
5 We were having dinner
3 You Were Studying (study) French.
6 They were chating
4 She Wasnt Watching (not watch)
7 Emma was stuying
TV.
8 Luke wasnt working
5 They Were laughing (laugh) at you.
6 It Wasnt snowing (not snow).
7 Sarah Was listening (listen) to a CD.
8 Jo and Tom Were dancing (dance).

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STAGE 3 GrAMMAr NAME: Juan Guillermo Zuluaga Saavedra ScorE

13 Past continuous: affir mative, negative, questions, short answers (2)

3 Lee la tabla. Luego corrige las frases. 4 Completa las preguntas, las respuestas
Escribe una frase negativa y una afirmativa. cortas y las frases.
Nuria Lori and Dan
18:30 19:30 read work
19:30 20:30 study have dinner
20:30 22.00 listen to a CD watch TV

At seven oclock
Nuria was listening to music.
Nuria wasnt listening to music.
She was reading.
At eight oclock
1 Nuria was working.
Nuria wasnt working.

She was studying.

2 Lori and Dan were studying.

Lori and Dan werent studying.

They were watching TV.

At nine oclock
3 Nuria was watching TV.
Nuria wasnt watching TV.

She was lintening to music. Were Maggie and Pedro having

4 Lori and Dan were having dinner. (have) dinner?
No, they werent .
Lori and Dan werent having dinner. They were dancing (dance).
1 Was Dev Reading (read)?
They were watching TV
No, He wasnt. .
He was watching TV (watch) TV.
2 Were Jess and Paula chating (chat)?
Yes, They were .
They were chating (chat) with Marco.
3 Was Fiona shouting (shout)?
Yes, She was .
Fiona was shouting (shout) at her
boyfriend.
4 Was Antonia playing (play) the flute?
No, She wasnt .
Antonia was playing (play) the guitar.

Vocabulario clave
at (eight) oclock a las (ocho) boyfriend novio chat charlar dance bailar feel well sentirse bien flute
flauta French francs friend(s) amigo/a(s) guitar guitarra have dinner cenar laugh rerse
listen escuchar music msica play jugar/tocar read leer shout gritar snow nevar study estudiar
TV televisin watch ver work trabajar yesterday ayer

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