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The document provides examples and exercises for using past continuous tense and past tense in English. It includes: 1. Examples of filling in blanks with verbs in past continuous (were hiking) and past tense (erupted). 2. Rearranging words to form sentences using past continuous (I wasn't making cake when the earthquake destroyed) and examples of negative and interrogative forms. 3. Converting between affirmative, interrogative, and question word forms using past continuous (What were you doing when the volcano erupted?) and past tense (Did he slip on the ice?). 4. Filling blanks in sentences and converting between forms as exercises on the tenses.

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Past C Isian 1

The document provides examples and exercises for using past continuous tense and past tense in English. It includes: 1. Examples of filling in blanks with verbs in past continuous (were hiking) and past tense (erupted). 2. Rearranging words to form sentences using past continuous (I wasn't making cake when the earthquake destroyed) and examples of negative and interrogative forms. 3. Converting between affirmative, interrogative, and question word forms using past continuous (What were you doing when the volcano erupted?) and past tense (Did he slip on the ice?). 4. Filling blanks in sentences and converting between forms as exercises on the tenses.

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TASK 1.

Choose the answers to fill in the blank spaces with Simple Past Tense and Past
Continuous Tense.

Erupted were hiking destroyed was reading a book started


buried were watching TV was sleeping hit buried
were eating
TASK 2.
Rearrange the words to make a sentence.
1. wasn’t – I – cake – making – when – destroyed – the earthquake
...........................................................................................................
2. While – were – they – football – playing – was – I – TV – watching
............................................................................................................
3. cake – when – destroyed – Was – she – making – the earthquake - ?
............................................................................................................
4. We – complaining – were –the weather – about – when – raining – was – it
.........................................................................................................................
5. doing – were – you – your sister – doing – her homework – What – while - ? - was
..........................................................................................................................
Negative Form

S + was / were + not + V1+ing + O


Past Continuous Tense
Past Tense S + did not + V1+ O

Examples:
(-) I wasn’t washing my clothes when the hurricane started.
(-) When the hurricane started I wasn’t washing my clothes.
(-) He didn’t slip on the ice while he was crossing the street in front of the dormitory.
(-) While he was crossing the street in front of dormitory, he didn’t slip on the ice.
(-) We were watering the flowers while they weren’t sweeping the garden.
Interrogative Form

Past Continuous Tense Was / Were + S + V1+ing?

Past Tense Did + S + V1?

Examples:
(?) Were you washing your clothes when the hurricane started?
(?) Did he slip on the ice while he was crossing the street in front of dormitory?
(?) Were they sweeping the garden while we were watering the flowers?

Question Word Form

What + was / were + V1+ing?


Past Continuous Tense
Who + was / were + V1+ing?

How + was / were + V1+ing?

Examples:
(?) What were you doing when the hurricane started?
(?) Who was taking a walk when the hurricane started?
(?) How were you breaking your arm?
TASK 3.
Change the affirmative sentence into interrogative sentence or the other way.
Example: (?) Who were sleeping when the earthquake started?
(+) I was sleeping when the earthquake started. (I)

1. (?) What were you doing when the volcano erupted?


(+) ..................................................................... (swim)

2. (?) Who.............................................................................?
(+) They were travelling when the storm hit.

3. (?) How .......................................................................?


(+) She cut her finger while she was cooking a soup.

4. (?) How were you breaking your arm?


(+) I (slip) ................... on the ice while I (cross) ..............the street in front
of dormitory.

5. (?) What .................................................................................?


(+) The students were playing in the field when the earthquake destroyed.
The example of written dialogue via social media (Facebook) containing Past
Continuous Tense

Opening

Content

Closing
TASK 4.
Fill in the blank spaces by changing with correct form of the words in the brackets.

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