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3 Grammar

Past Progressive
AFFIRMATIVE
I/He/She/It was
We/You/They were eating
NEGATIVE
I/He/She/It wasn’t (= was not) eating
We/You/They weren’t (= were not)
QUESTIONS
Was I/he/she/it eating?
Were we/you/they

 I was having dinner at eight o’clock last night.
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 It was raining and Sam was walking in the forest.

Complete with the Past Progressive of the verbs in brackets.
1. Last night my sister and I (watch) TV in our
bedroom. Suddenly, we saw something at the window.
It (move) and we were afraid. Then we saw
our cat, Pinky!
2. A: How did John break his leg?
B: Well, he (chase) his cat in the garden
and he slipped and fell.
3. A: Why didn’t you do the washing-up?
you (play) computer games?
B: No! I (not play) computer games!
I (do) a geography project.

4 Speak When did the accident happen?

Talk in pairs. It happened two years ago.
Think of an Where were you?
accident you I was in the park.
had. Then ask What were you doing?
each other I was rollerblading.
questions about What happened?
your accident. I crashed into a tree.
Did you hurt/break/sprain anything?
B. Read again. Which of the following Yes, I hurt my head.
happened to Phil? Put a () or
an ().
5 Write
1. The dogs chased him. Write a short paragraph about the accident
2. He crashed his bike into a tree. you described in activity 4.

3. He broke his arm.
4. He was in a car accident.
I had an accident...
5. He hurt his hand.

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