Past continuous: What were you doing last night at 10:00?

Ask your partner questions 1-8.  Listen carefully so you will remember his/her responses, but don’t write anything down.  Both of you must use the past continuous in your questions and answers.

1.    What / you / do / last night at 10:00?

       a.  What were you doing last night at 10:00?

       b. Let me think... Last night at 10:00, I was brushing my teeth.

2.    What / you / do / last night at midnight?  Last night at midnight, I was _-ing…

3.   What / you / do / this morning at 7:30?  This morning at...

4.   What / you / do / this morning at 7:55?

5.   Where / you / live / a year ago?

6.   Where / you / live / five years ago?

7.   What / you / think about / when you were coming to class?

Now give your paper to your partner.  Ask him/her to quiz you:

a.   O.K.  Let’s see how well you remember.  What was I doing last night at 10:00?

b.   Uh... Last night at 10:00, you were watching T.V.

a.   No, I wasn’t!  I was brushing my teeth.  Let’s try the next one.  What was I doing last night at midnight?

b.   Let’s see... Last night at midnight you were sleeping.

a.   Right.  etc.

For Spanish Speakers Only: Past Continous

Past Continuous:  From Spanish to English

yo estaba                     I was                   

tú estabas                    You were            

nosotros estábamos      We were              
Ud. estaba                    You were                                                
él, ella, estaba              He She was          

ellos, ellas, estaban       They were

                1                   2                3               

                   was/were          verb               ing           

él             estaba           hac-           iendo        
he            was                    do                  ing                      he was doing

nosotros   estábamos    +  mir-         +     ando         

we            were                       watch                  ing            we were watching

ellos         estaban             conduc-          iendo        

they          were                      driv                      ing            they were driving

Past Continuous/Simple Past: Yesterday Mr. Trego gave a test.

Fill in the blanks with words from the list below. Pay attention to the tense.

ask         hand out     cheat          come      give            step out

finish     look            sit down     take        write          forget

try          leave         

     Yesterday Mr. Trego gave a test.  After he handed out the test, he sat down at his desk and looked around the classroom to see what was happening.  Most students were busy.  They were writing answers on their papers.  But others were looking into the air with a confused look on their faces.  They  were trying to figure out the answers.  Mr. Trego needed to get something from his office, so he stepped out of the classroom for a moment. When he came back in, two students were cheating.  One woman was asking her friend for the answers.  Mr. Trego took away their papers and wrote "0%" at the top. Several students finished the test very early, and they left a half hour before the class finished.

Before I came to the U.S., I used to be...

Before I came to the U.S., I use to used to be healthy, and I didn’t used use to get sick very often. Here, I catch colds all the time. Last year, I have had six colds! Maybe it's because of the cool weather here. (=Maybe the reason I had six colds last year IS because of the cool weather here.)

Speaking: Comparative Review A view of the Golden Gate Bridge is more beautiful than...

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1. a view (景色,vista, вид) of the wall next door

a view of the Golden Gate Bridge (beautiful)
2. mathematics algebra (代数 алгебра) (hard)
3. Safeway Costco (expensive)
4. Mr. Trego you (short)
5. soccer football (American)
6. a Muni ticket a lottery ticket (cheap)
7. Canada Mexico (cold in the winter)
8. giving a present giving a gift certificate (thoughtful 体贴的，为他人考虑的, considerado)
9. cotton wool (羊毛 , lana, шерсть) (cool)
10. New York Miami (warm in December)
11. Mr. Trego’s English your English (good)
12. smoking not getting enough sleep (bad)
13. potato chips bread (salty)
14. San Francisco Los Angeles (big)

 

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