for your english classes

1. Past continuous

2. Past continuous
• Interrupted Action in the Past
• Parallel Actions
While
And

3. Past continuous
• To describe the atmosphere
When I walked into the office, several people were
busily typing, some were talking on the phones, the
boss was yelling directions, and customers were waiting
to be helped..

4. Simple Past: Forms
• Positive
• Negative
• Interrogative
Sub + was/were + verb –(ing) + complement
Sub + was not-wasn’t + verb –(ing) + complement
were not-weren’t
Was /Were + sub + verb –(ing)+ complement+?
• Yes, sub + was/were
• No, sub + was not-wasn’t
were not –weren’t

5. Adverb “when”
The police officer broke his leg when he was running.
He was running
He
bro
ke
her
leg

6. Adverb “while”
• While I was studying, she called.
I was studing
She
call
ed.

7. Practice
Write 6 sentences:
• 2 using Simple Past
• 2 using Past Participle
• 2 combining Simple Past and Past Participle