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Grammar for Speaking: The past continuous

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