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Grammar for Speaking: The past continuous
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Who ____ you ______ (talk) to a few minutes ago?
were you talking
I ___ _____ (work) on my homework when the lights ____ (go) out.
was working/went
What ____ he ____ (do) on Saturday?
was he doing
Where ____ you _____(live) when you ____ (meet) your _______?
were you living/ when you met your ____
Sam and George ______ (was/not) ______ (live) in New York in 2014.
were not living/ weren't living
What ____ they _____(do)?
were they doing
Where ____ your parents _____(live) when they ____ (meet)?
were your parents living/met
We ___ _____ (drive) to work when we ____ (see) the accident.
were driving/saw
He ___ ____ (work) as a vaquero when Kendrick met him.
was working
His grandparents ___ still ____ (run) the ranch when he was born.
were still running
What ____ you _____ (laugh) about this morning?
were you laughing
Some students ___ _____ (talk) while Tim ___ ____ (give) his presentation.
were talking/was giving
It ___ _____ ______(not/rain) when the game _____ (start).
was not raining/wasn't raining/started
I ___ ____(drive) to work when you _____ (call).
was driving/called
I ___ ____ (do) homework at 9 o'clock last night.
was doing
I ___ ____(clean) the house while my children____ ______ (watch) TV.
was cleaning/were watching
I ___ ____ (live) with my parents in Mexico City.
was living
He ___ _____(study) in the library.
was studying
He ____ _____(sing) to the cattle while his brother ___ _____(make) dinner
was singing/was making
Were you _____ (listen) to music while you _____ ______ (study)?
listening/were studying
He ____ ______ (work) on a ranch in 2007.
was working
We _____ (see) a beautiful bird when we ____ _____(walk) home.
saw/were walking
She ____ _____(not/live) in New York in 2014.
was not living/wasn't living
He ____ ______(ride) horses at the age of two.
was riding
How do we form the past continuous?
Use was/were plus the -ing form of the verb