Grammar

Grammar/Unit 4: Past Continuous

Vocabulary

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Progress

/pro-gres/

"Ongoing."

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Background

/bak-ground/

"Setting the scene."

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Specific

/spu-sif-ik/

"Exact."

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Interrupted

/in-tuh-rup-tid/

"Stopped."

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Scene

/seen/

"Picture."

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While

/wyl/

"During."

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Duration

/doo-ray-shun/

"Length."

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Context

/kon-tekst/

"Situation."

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Activity

/ak-tiv-i-tee/

"Doing something."

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Narrative

/nar-uh-tiv/

"Story."

Article

Background Action 📽️

Use Past Continuous for an action in progress at a specific time in the past.

At 8pm last night, I was watching TV. (I started before 8 and finished after 8).

Structure

Was/Were + Verb-ing.
I was sleeping.
They were playing.

Negative:

I wasn't sleeping.

Practice

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I ___ (sleep) at 10pm.

They ___ (play) football when it rained.

She ___ (cook) doing dinner all evening.

Structure of Past Continuous:

We ___ (not/wait) for you.

What ___ (you/do) at 7?

He ___ (read) a book.

You ___ (talk) in your sleep.

___ it raining?

10.

Past Continuous establishes...

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