1. read these sentences and choose 'past simple' or 'past continuous' for each sentence.

1. john and sally swapped things.

past simple
past continuous

2. susan danced with peter.

past continuous
past simple

3. the cat was sleeping in the basket.

past simple
past continuous




2 read these verbs and add -ing. make some changes in spelling, if it is necessary.


example 0.

work


answer 0.

working

1. occur


2. stay


3. cut

3 decide whether to use 'was' or 'were'.

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1. they
was
were
swimming in the river.







2. anna and thomas
was
were
packing your bag



3. the dog
was
were
barking.

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4. we
was
were
reading a book about australia

put the verbs in brackets into the gaps and form affirmative sentences with the past continuous.

example: eddie a comic. (to read)

answer: eddie was reading a comic.

1) he the beds. (to make)
was makeing
was making
were making

2) tom's younger brother (to cry)
were crying
was crying
was crieing

3) they on the sofa. (to sit)
were siting
were sitting
was sitting



read these phrases and change them into the past continuous. study the example. don't use punctuation marks.



example 0.

he jumps


answer 0.

he was jumping

1. she swims


2. we try


3. we carry


read these words and make a negative sentence or a question in the past continuous with full verb forms. don’t forget about question marks and full stops.

примечание:

предложение должно начинаться с заглавной буквы и заканчиваться точкой или вопросительным знаком. отрицательная форма не должна быть сокращенной.

example 0. cook/ he/ at 6 pm yesterday/ not.

answer 0. he was not cooking at 6 pm yesterday.

example 1. play games/ she/ from 3 to 4 pm yesterday?

answer 1. was she playing games from 3 to 4 pm yesterday?



my brother/ not/ sail/ from 2 to 3 pm yesterday.