Grammar
The past tenses of feel, fall, trip and bruise are:
Felt, fell, tripped and bruised.
My father ______ (hurt) himself at the gym.
My father hurt himself at the gym.
_____ you _______ (come) with us to the party?
Are you coming with us to the party?
My friend accidentally _______ (delete) all my files, when she ________ (be use) my laptop.
My friend accidentally deleted all my files, when she was using my laptop.
No, I was. I was by yourself.
No, I wasn't. I was by myself.
What is the auxiliary verb in the past continuous?
Was or were.
The server accidentally _______ (spill) tomato sauce all over me.
The server accidentally spilled tomato sauce all over me.
We ________ (not / get along) at the time.
We weren't getting along at the time.
We _______ (be / not look), and we ______ (walk) right into a glass door.
We weren't looking, and we walked right into a glass door.
Were you ski with a friend yesterday?
Were you skiing with a friend yesterday?
Choose the correct one. When speaking of the past continuous, we:
A) are talking about an activity that has finished.
B) are talking about an activity in progress in the past.
B.
When I was making dinner, I ______ (cut) myself.
When I was making dinner, I cut myself.
How to ask this sentence:
They were going to the rock concert yesterday.
Were they going to the rock concert yesterday?
She ________ (download) stuff from my phone, and something ______ (go) wrong.
She was downloading stuff from my phone, and something went wrong.
What where you do when you fell?
What were you doing when you fell?
What is the structure to ask questions in the past continuous?
Wh. question word or phrase
Auxiliary verb
Subject
Main verb + ing
I ________ (sprain) my ankle last Sunday when I was running.
I sprained my ankle last Sunday when I was running.
When I ended the call, I realized everyone on the bus _______ (listen).
When I ended the call, I realized everyone on the bus was listening.
I ______ (try) to park, and my friend ______ (talk) to me, and I _______ (hit) a wall.
I was trying to park, and my friend was talking to me, and I hit a wall.
My sister hiked last weekend, and she was broke her arm.
My sister was hiking last weekend, and she broke her arm.
What are the two things I need to form the past continuous?
The verb be in the past tense (was or were), and the main verb + ing
Where _______ you _______ (get) that black eye?
Where did you get that black eye?
Is learning to drive difficult or easy?
Is learning to drive difficult or easy?
I ________ (go) to work on the train Tuesday morning, and I guess I ________ (be / not pay) attention, and I _______ (miss) my stop.
I was going to work on the train Tuesday morning, and I guess I wasn't paying attention, and I missed my stop.
I served coffee to this guy, and I was spilling it over his suit!
I was serving coffee to this guy, and I spilled it over his suit!