PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS
I got home. The children did their homework.
and
The children did their homework when I got home.
As I was watching television the telephone rang.
Retrived by http://www.ggca.nl/userfiles/file/8.Pirate%20story%20%E2%80%93%20Past%20Simple%20vs%20Past%20Continuous.pdf
Yesterday, I was working out at the gym because I have problems with cholesterol.
The past continuous is formed from the past tense of be with the -ing form of the verb:
We use the past continuous to talk about the past:
- for something which continued before and after another action:
The children were doing their homework when I got home.
Compare:
I got home. The children did their homework.
and
The children did their homework when I got home.
As I was watching television the telephone rang.
- for something that happened before and after a particular time:
It was eight o’clock. I was writing a letter.
Compare:
At eight o’clock I wrote some letters.
Compare:
At eight o’clock I wrote some letters.
In July she was working in McDonald’s.
- .to show that something continued for some time:
My head was aching.
Everyone was shouting.
Everyone was shouting.
- for something that was happening again and again:
I was practising every day, three times a day.
They were meeting secretly after school.
They were meeting secretly after school.
- with verbs which show change or growth:
The children were growing up quickly.
Her English was improving.
My hair was going grey.
The town was changing quickly.
Her English was improving.
My hair was going grey.
The town was changing quickly.
Retrieved by https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/english-grammar/verbs/past-tense/past-continuous
ACTIVITIES
Listening
Speaking
Narrate recent events of your life using the past continuous.
Reading
Past Simple vs Past Continuous.
Read Pirate story and underline the verbs in Past Simple with a pen and the verbs in Past Continous with a pencil.
An old pirate was sitting in the bar. He was smoking a pipe and drinking a glass of rum. He was wearing an eye patch and he had a parrot on his shoulder and a wooden leg. Instead of his right hand he had a metal hook. A young sailor was chatting with the pirate and he asked him about his adventures at sea.
‘So, how did you lose your leg?’, the young man asked the pirate.
‘Arrr! ,’ said the pirate, ‘You see, some sharks were circling the ship when I fell overboard. Luckily, my men pulled me back onto the ship before the sharks ate me completely, but one of the sharks got my leg.’
‘And how about the hook on your hand? How did you lose your hand?’
‘I was boarding a ship when another sailor cut off my hand with a sword.’
‘That’s amazing! What a life full of adventures!’ said the young man. ‘And how about your eye? How did you lose that?’
‘I was eating a grapefruit when the juice went into my eye.’
‘But I don’t understand. How did you lose your eye from the grapefruit juice?’
‘Arrr!’ said the pirate, ‘it was my first day with the new hook.’
Vocabulary exercises
A. Match the broken expressions.
1. to board... A. ...a friend
2 . to fall... B. ...a grapefruit
3. to wear... C. ...overboard
4. to chat with... D. ...an eye patch
5. to eat... E. ...a ship
B. What are these things used for?
1. a hook A. This is used to fight with, as a weapon __
2. a sword B. This is used to smoke leaf tobacco __
3. a pipe C. This is sometimes used to catch fish __
4. a patch D. This is used to travel across oceans __
5. a ship E. This is used to cover an injured eye _
C. Answer
1. How did the old pirate lose his leg?
2. How did the old pirate lose his hand?
3. How did the old pirate lose his eye?
4. Which were the favorite activities of the old pirate?
5. What do you think about the old pirate?
Reading
Pirate story –
Past Simple vs Past Continuous.
Read Pirate story and underline the verbs in Past Simple with a pen and the verbs in Past Continous with a pencil.
An old pirate was sitting in the bar. He was smoking a pipe and drinking a glass of rum. He was wearing an eye patch and he had a parrot on his shoulder and a wooden leg. Instead of his right hand he had a metal hook. A young sailor was chatting with the pirate and he asked him about his adventures at sea.
‘So, how did you lose your leg?’, the young man asked the pirate.
‘Arrr! ,’ said the pirate, ‘You see, some sharks were circling the ship when I fell overboard. Luckily, my men pulled me back onto the ship before the sharks ate me completely, but one of the sharks got my leg.’
‘And how about the hook on your hand? How did you lose your hand?’
‘I was boarding a ship when another sailor cut off my hand with a sword.’
‘That’s amazing! What a life full of adventures!’ said the young man. ‘And how about your eye? How did you lose that?’
‘I was eating a grapefruit when the juice went into my eye.’
‘But I don’t understand. How did you lose your eye from the grapefruit juice?’
‘Arrr!’ said the pirate, ‘it was my first day with the new hook.’
Vocabulary exercises
A. Match the broken expressions.
1. to board... A. ...a friend
2 . to fall... B. ...a grapefruit
3. to wear... C. ...overboard
4. to chat with... D. ...an eye patch
5. to eat... E. ...a ship
B. What are these things used for?
1. a hook A. This is used to fight with, as a weapon __
2. a sword B. This is used to smoke leaf tobacco __
3. a pipe C. This is sometimes used to catch fish __
4. a patch D. This is used to travel across oceans __
5. a ship E. This is used to cover an injured eye _
C. Answer
1. How did the old pirate lose his leg?
2. How did the old pirate lose his hand?
3. How did the old pirate lose his eye?
4. Which were the favorite activities of the old pirate?
5. What do you think about the old pirate?
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