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Exercise We use the past continuous:
• to say what was happening at a time in the past:
Complete the conversation with the past simple form
of the verbs in brackets. The children were sleeping at 10 o’clock last night.
• to talk about two things happening at the same time:
A: It (1) (be) my birthday yesterday! Dad was cleaning the kitchen while mum was cooking
B: (2) (you / go) anywhere nice? dinner.
A: Yes, I did. My best friend and I (3) (go)
to a club. We can use the past simple and the past continuous
B: (4) (it / be) fun? together to say that one activity happened in the middle
A: Yes! We (5) (dance) until late, and I of another.
(6) (meet) some very nice people. • We use the past continuous with when or while
B: What time (7) (you / get) home? to connect it with the past simple:
A: I (8) (not / get) home until midnight! When I got home, my parents were sleeping. /
I got home while my parents were sleeping.
Imperatives We were watching TV when the lights went out. /
The lights went out while we were watching TV.
We use imperatives for
• instructions: Turn left at the lights. We make the past continuous with was / were + -ing
• advice: Don’t worry about the test. form of the verb: We were playing football.
• orders: Stop talking. affirmative negative
• requests: Please don’t shout.
• invitations: Come to my party. I / He / She / It was was not /
wasn’t
• To tell somebody to do something we use the We / You / They were were not / reading.
infinitive without to: Come here. weren’t
• To tell somebody not to do something we use Don’t
and the infinitive without to: Don’t be late.
questions short answers
Exercise Was I / he / she / it Yes, he was. /
Write imperatives for these situations. Use the verbs talking? No, she wasn’t.
in brackets. Were you / we / they Yes, you were. /
1 This pizza is terrible! (eat) No, they weren’t.
Don’t eat it.
2 I’m really hungry. (cook) Exercise
Circle the correct option in italics in each of these
3 This jacket is old. (buy) sentences.
1 I was doing / did my homework when my friend was
4 This video game is boring. (play) calling / called.
2 While Marie was walking / walked to school it was
5 The new student looks unhappy. (look after) starting / started to rain.
3 At 8.05 am, dad was reading / read the newspaper
6 I don’t like this music. (turn off) and my brother was eating / ate breakfast.

4 Jake was watching / watched a film when his mobile
phone was ringing / rang.
Unit 8 5 My pencil was breaking / broke while I was writing /
Past continuous wrote a note.

We use the past simple to describe: can / can’t, could / couldn’t
• actions or events that happened in the past and are
now finished: To talk about ability we use can, can’t, could and
I walked to school this morning. couldn’t.
• actions or events that happened one after another: • We use can / can’t to talk about ability in the present:
I did my homework, then I went to bed. I can play the guitar. You can’t run very fast.
• We use could / couldn’t to talk about ability in the past:
She could walk when she was one year old.
I tried, but I couldn’t finish the meal.

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