The Past Continuous Circle the verbs in the past continuous At three o’clock I was sitting in a café near my house There were not many people Two girls were eating ice-cream A woman was reading a book Two young men were talking to each other… Fill in the gaps Use the past continuous of the verbs in brackets At 3.00 Ben _ (sleep) At 5.00 Adam They (write) the (sing) a song At 8.00 Helen _ (drink) tea At 2.00 children _ (read) a book At 7.00 in the evening we _ (watch) TV He _ (work) in the test at this time yesterday garden from till Students _ (speak) English the whole lesson They _ (play) football at o’clock 3 Write sentences in the past continuous (+) I /read /book/ at ten o’clock (-) You/drink/tea/at seven o’clock (?)Ben/listen/to the radio/at this time (-) Children/play/the whole day yesterday (?) He/write/a letter at 2:00 (+) They/play/chess at this time yesterday (?) She/cook/dinner at o’clock (+) Children/do/their homework (-) My parents/paint/a picture Write questions in the past continuous What/you/do/at o’clock yesterday? What/she/drink? What time/they/read/a newspaper? Where/he/do/his homework? Where/Pete/work/the whole evening? Why/you child/sleep/at ten o’clock? Where/you/go/at o’clock? What/he/learn/from till 7? Why/children/make/dinner?