Past Continuous Past Continuous

a. Read the table and choose the correct words to complete rules a) and b). a. Read the table and choose the correct words to complete rules a) and b).
I. We use the past continuous to talk about actions in progress / completed actions in the I. We use the past continuous to talk about actions in progress / completed actions in the
past. past.
II. We form the past continuous with was/were + the –ing / -ed form of the verb. II. We form the past continuous with was/were + the –ing / -ed form of the verb.

b. Write the –ing form of the verbs in the box. b. Write the –ing form of the verbs in the box.

Tell Get Tell Get

Do Come Do Come
Lie Run Lie Run

c. Match the words in the first column to the best available answer in the second column. c. Match the words in the first column to the best available answer in the second column.

Kicking… the house. Kicking… the house.

Cleaning… bicycle. Cleaning… bicycle.

Flying… a kite. Flying… a kite.

Reading… the ball. Reading… the ball.

Riding… a newspaper. Riding… a newspaper.

d. Complete Tom’s email with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. d. Complete Tom’s email with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

Hi Emma! Hi Emma!

Something really strange happened to me today. I (1) _______________ (walk) home from
school and suddenly lots of apple started falling out of the sky. I couldn’t believe it! It (2)
_______________ (rain) apples! Where (3) _____ they __________ (come) from? I went home
and told my mum and brother, but they said I (4) _______________ (not tell) the truth. However,
that evening, my mum and dad (5) _______________ (watch) the news on TV and they heard the
story. Nobody knows why the apples fell out of the sky, but they did. I (6) _______________ (not
lie)!
Something really strange happened to me today. I (1) _______________ (walk) home from
school and suddenly lots of apple started falling out of the sky. I couldn’t believe it! It (2)
_______________ (rain) apples! Where (3) _____ they __________ (come) from? I went home
and told my mum and brother, but they said I (4) _______________ (not tell) the truth. However,
that evening, my mum and dad (5) _______________ (watch) the news on TV and they heard the
story. Nobody knows why the apples fell out of the sky, but they did. I (6) _______________ (not
lie)!

See you soon. See you soon.

Tom Tom