j 3) | | was doing (past continuous) 4 o'clock now (6 o'clock) It is 6 o'clock now. Paul is at home, He is watching television. ‘At o'dock he wasn’t at home. He was at the sports club. He was swimming in the pool. He wasn’t watching television. ri S80 4.00 415 i | a | | he sated mats he finished swimming he was swimming pore CEES EM was/were + -ing is the past continuous: * positive negative question 1 I 1 | he | ag | doing he | was not | doing was |he | doing? she watching she | (wasn’t) | watching she | watching? | _it playing it playing it | playing? | we swimming | [ye ae a cumin? | you | were | Hsin we | ereaty | none ee ° | they etc. | | they ete. they | ete. 1 What were you doing at 11.30 yesterday? Were you working? © ‘What did he say” ‘I don't know. I wasn’t listening’ O It was raining, so we didn't go out. C In 2001 we were living in Canada. 1 Today she’s wearing a skirt, but yesterday’she was wearing trousers. (I woke up early yesterday. It was a beautiful morning: The sun was shining and the birds were singing. Spelling (live —> living / run -> running / lie —> lying etc.) > Appendix 5 am/is/are + ~ing (present) > was/were + -ing (past): present past 0 Pm working (now) 0 I was working at 10.30 last night. 0 It isn’t raining (now). Ie wasn’t raining when we went out. © What are you doing (now)? | _o What were you doing at three o'clock? B36 wasfwere — Unit 101 was doing and I did (past continuous and simple) — Unit 14Exercises Unit 13 13.1 13:2) 13.3 13.4 Look at the pictures. Where were these people at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon? And what were they doing? Write two sentences for each picture. 3 += ' Cn © J a RACHEL JACK KATE TM TRACEY at home atthe cinema | in his car at the station watch TV drive + wait for a train 1 Rachel was at home, She was. watching TV, _ r 2 Jack and Kate As THEY 3 ta ___ icin e we oe — z pt 6 And you? I fs - wr Sarah did a lot of things yesterday morning. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. 7107.25 |7.30-8.10 1 At 8.45 _she was. 2 At 10.45 she 3/At 8 o'dock 4 At 12.10 5 At7.15 ~ 6 At 9.30. (you/live) ....Where. were. you. living in 1999? (you/do) at 2 o'clock? (it/rain) ‘when you got up? (Sue/drive) so fast? (Tim/wear) E —nnnowe A Suit yesterday? In London. I was asleep. No, it was sunny. Because she was late. No, a'E-shire and jeans, weeny Look at the picture. You saw Joe in the street yesterday afternoon, What was he doing? Write positive or negative sentences. 1 (wear / a jacket) ....He, wasn’t, wearing a jacket. 2 (carry / a bag) _ 3 (go / to the dentist) 4 (eat / an ice-cream) 5 (carry / an umbrella) 6 (go / home) 7 (wear / a hat) 8 (ride / a bicycle) 3