Unit
13 I was doing (past continuous)
A 4 o’clock now (6 o’clock) It is 6 o’clock now.
Paul is at home.
He is watching TV.
At 4 o’clock he wasn’t at home.
He was at the sports club.
He was swimming in the pool.
He wasn’t watching TV.
3.30 4.00 4.15
he started he finished
he was swimming
swimming swimming
B was/were + –ing is the past continuous:
positive negative question
I I I
he doing he was not doing he doing?
was watching watching was watching?
she she (wasn’t) she
it playing it playing it playing?
swimming swimming swimming?
we living we living we living?
were not
you were you were you
(weren’t)
they etc. they etc. they etc.
What were you doing at 11.30 yesterday? Were you working?
‘What did he say?’ ‘I don’t know. I wasn’t listening.’
It was raining, so we didn’t go out.
In 2009 we were living in Canada.
Today she’s wearing a skirt, but yesterday she was wearing trousers.
I woke up early yesterday. It was a beautiful morning. !e sun was shining and the birds
were singing.
Spelling (live → living / run → running / lie → lying etc.) → Appendix 5
C am/is/are + -ing (present) → was/were + –ing (past):
present past
I’m working (now). I was working at 10.30 last night.
It isn’t raining (now). It wasn’t raining when we went out.
What are you doing (now)? What were you doing at 3 o’clock?
was/were ➜ Unit 10 I was doing and I did (past continuous and simple) ➜ Unit 14
Exercises Unit
Look at the pictures. Where were these people at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon?
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And what were they doing? Write two sentences for each picture.
1 2 3 4 5
RACHEL JACK KATE TOM TRACEY MR AND MRS HALL
at home at the cinema in his car at the station in the park
watch TV watch a film drive wait for a train walk
1 Rachel was at home. She was watching TV.
2 Jack and Kate . !ey
3 Tom
4
5
6 And you? I
Sarah did a lot of things yesterday morning. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.
7.10 – 7.25 7.30 – 8.10 8.30 – 9.00 1 At 8.45 she was washing her car.
2 At 10.45 she
3 At 8 o’clock
4 At 12.10
9.20 – 10.00 10.15 – 11.45 12.00 – 12.45
5 At 7.15
6 At 9.30
Complete the questions. Use was/were -ing. Use what/where/why if necessary.
1 (you/live) Where were you living in 2012? In London.
2 (you/do) at 2 o’clock? I was asleep.
3 (it/rain) when you got up? No, it was sunny.
4 (Sue/drive) so fast? Because she was late.
5 (Tom/wear) a suit yesterday? No, a T-shirt and jeans.
Look at the picture. You saw Joe in the street yesterday afternoon. What was he doing? Write
positive or negative sentences.
Hi. I’m going 1 (wear / a jacket) He wasn’t wearing a jacket.
shopping. 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)
Joe 8 (ride / a bicycle)
