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PAST CONTINUOUS




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WAS-WERE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

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1. Peter was at home yesterday. He was helping his mother in the morning. Then he was playing with some friends in the street. In the afternoon he was writing a long letter to a friend. And in the evening he was listening to some CDs.
Questions
1. Where was Peter yesterday?
2. What was he doing in the morning?
3.When was he writing a long letter?
4. What was he listening to in the evening?
5. Was he helping his mother in the afternoon?
2. The teachers were on the beach yesterday. In the morning the beach was full. The teachers were swimming a lot and they were lying on the sand,too.In the afternoon they were sailing a boat. And in the evening they were eating on the beach. Now the beach was almost empty.
Questions
1. Where were the teachers yesterday?
2. Was the beach empty in the morning?
3. What were they doing in the morning?
4. When were they sailing a boat?
5. Where were they eating in the evening?
6. Was the beach very full in the evening?
3. At five o'clock yesterday afternoon, the other students were at the cinema. They were watching a film. It wasn't very good, so they weren't very interested in it. At eight o'clock in the evening they were going up and down the street and talking about the bad film.
Questions
1. Where were the students yesterday afternoon?
2. What time were they watching the film?
3. Was the film good?
4. What were they doing at eight o'clock?
5. What were they talking about?
4. Ann was in bed yesterday. She wasn't feeling well. She was feeling very ill in the morning, but at four o'clock in the afternoon she was reading a comic. At seven o'clock she was drinking a cup of tea and writing a short postcard.
Questions
1. Where was Ann yesterday?
2. When was she feeling very ill?
3. Was she reading a book at four o'clock?
4. What time was she drinking a cup of tea?
5. Was she writing a long letter at seven o'clock?
5. The headmaster was in his garden yesterday. Early in the morning he was working. He was cutting the grass. In the afternoon he was looking at the flowers and trees. And late in the evening he was very tired, so he was reading the newspaper in his garden chair.
Questions
1. Where was the headmaster yesterday?
2. What was he doing in the early morning?
3. When was he looking at the flowers?
4. Was he sleeping in the morning?
5. When was he reading the newspaper?
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