PAST TENSE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS
100
CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE:
MARY AND JAMES ARE PLAYING SOCCER.
MARY AND JAMES WERE PLAYING SOCCER
100
What is the basic grammar structure of the present continuous?
Subject + verb be + verb -ing
100
What's the past continuous used for?
To show the action was in progress at a certain point, or at some time period in the past.
To say that an action was interrupted by another action in the past.
200
PAST TENSE OF THE VERB
DRINK
DRANK
200
Mention 2 uses of the present continuous
To talk about actions in progress or happening at the moment.
To talk about things that are temporary
Things that are repeated all the time
200
What is the grammar structure of the past continuous?
Subject + was/were + verb-ing
300
CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO NEGATIVE SENTENCE IN THE PAST.
I WENT TO THE PARK YESTERDAY.
I DIDN'T GO TO THE PARK YESTERDAY.
300
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE WITH THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND THE VERB IN BRACKETS:
SHE ____________ (PLAY) GUITAR IN THE BASEMENT.
SHE IS PLAYING GUITAR IN THE BASEMENT
300
Complete the following sentence:
What ....... you ........ (do) last night at seven?
- ? are you doing
- ? were you doing
- ? was you doing
- 2: were you doing
400
CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO A QUESTION IN THE PAST SIMPLE (ask for the part in italics)
I saw her in the mall yesterday.
Where did you see her yesterday?
400
COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS WITH THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS. USE THE VERBS IN BRACKETS.
_______Nora (run) ? (+) aff.
Why _________ Nora (run) (-) neg.
IS NORA RUNNING?
WHY ISN'T NORA RUNNING?
400
Complete the sentence with the correct form of past continuos and past simple
While she ____________ (eat) a burger, a man ________ (steal) her purse.
While she was eating (eat) a burger, a man stole (steal) her purse.
500
Ask for the cursive part of the sentence.
She asked her friend because she did not know what to do
Why did she ask her friend?
500
USE THE VERB AND THE SUBJECT BELOW TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
swim / they
__________in the river.
__________ in the sea.
__________in the lake?
THEY ARE SWIMMING IN THE RIVER.
THEY AREN'T SWIMMING IN THE SEA.
ARE THEY SWIMMING IN THE LAKE?
500
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH PAST CONTINUOUS OR PAST SIMPLE AS IT'S APPROPRIATE.
Yesterday, my mom ____________ (call) my sister when she ___________ (sleep), so she __________ (can / not) answer.
Yesterday, my mom called (call) my sister when she was sleeping (sleep), so she couldn't (can / not) answer.