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Past Continuous

The document provides information about using the past continuous tense in English. It defines the past continuous as using "was/were" plus the verb plus "-ing" to describe an action that was in progress in the past. It lists five common uses: 1) to describe ongoing past actions, 2) parallel past actions, 3) actions occurring at a specific past time, 4) interrupted past actions, and 5) repetition or irritation in the past. Students are instructed to create past continuous sentences for different fantasy characters and draw/color each sentence.

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Past Continuous

The document provides information about using the past continuous tense in English. It defines the past continuous as using "was/were" plus the verb plus "-ing" to describe an action that was in progress in the past. It lists five common uses: 1) to describe ongoing past actions, 2) parallel past actions, 3) actions occurring at a specific past time, 4) interrupted past actions, and 5) repetition or irritation in the past. Students are instructed to create past continuous sentences for different fantasy characters and draw/color each sentence.

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3rd grade

Past Continuous
Miss Michelle López
#5
Past Continuous
We use:
S + was/were + verb+-ing
was (I, he, she, it)
were (you, we, they) S + was/were + not+ verb+-
+ verb + –ing  to form the past ing

continuous.
Was/Were + S + verb+-ing
Past Continuous
1. It describes actions in progress in the She was cooking all the morning.
Usage
past.
While I was washing the dishes, I heard a
2. To describe parallel actions. loud noise.

3. To describe what someone was doing Yesterday, at 10:00 am, I was working in
at a particular point in time. the garden.

Examples
4. To express interrupted action in the I was driving to work when I crashed my
past. car.

5. To describe repetition and irritation. He was always complaining in class.


Let’s work…
• On your English notebook, create a sentence for each fantasy character (see
them in the next slide).
• Each sentence should be on PAST CONTINUOUS tense.
• Draw and color each sentence.
• Take a picture and
upload it to
Classroom as PDF.
Fantasy characters:

dwarf witch fairy

troll elf wizard


Past Continuous 2.17.2021

1. The dwarf was sitting in the mushroom.

Example
Bye!

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