1. Past Continuous

2. Past continuoustense The farmer was working at 6oclock yesterday evening 3. I was play ing You WeThey were He She It was 4. Past continuoustense was I play ing ? were you we they was he she it I Was not Wasnt play ing You WeThey were not werent He She It was not wasnt In t e r r o g a t i v e Negative 5. Uses of the past continuous We usethe past continuoustense to describe a past action over a period of timeWhatweretheydoingyesterday at 8 oclock? Theywere workingall day. 6. This timeyesterday the hairdresserwasworking Weuse the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time. 7. P ast simple and past continuous are used together when something happened in the middle of something else The policemanbrokehis ankle while hewas runningafter the dog 8. The past simple and the past continuous do not mean exactly the same. Compare: When Mary arrived, we were having dinner. This means that we alreadystarteddinnerbeforeMary arrived. When Mary arrived, we had dinner. This means that Maryarrived firstandthenwe had dinner. 9. Time expressions: While, as, when. While the band was playing a mobile phone rang. 10. What were Mike and Louise doing yesterday? 11. When the teacher arrived at school 12. 13. 14. 15. Practice:Do you have a good memory? Are you a good witness?

Directions: Look at the followingpicture for one minute.Try to remember as many details as you can, but dont write anything.

16. Only one minute

Ready, go .

17. One minute 18. What do you remember?

How many people were there?

19. Where were thepeople? 20. What was hanging from the ceiling? 21. What was thebank robber holding? 22. What was thebank robber wearing? 23. What color was his hair? 24. What was covering the bank robbers face? 25. Was the bank robber right-handed or left-handed? 26. What was thebank manager doing? 27. What was thebank teller doing? 28. Who was walking into the bank? 29. What time was it? 30. What was under thebank managers desk? 31. 32. 33. 34.