Unit 04 P41 Past Cont

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Grammar Self-Check (Unit 4, page 41) GRAMMAR. The past continuous Look at these questions and answers with the past continuous. What were you doing last night at eight? I was watching TV. Was the car making that noise this morning? Yes, it was. / No, it wasn’t.

FIGURE IT OUT . . . Complete these statements. 1. The past continuous form has two parts: (a) the past form of ____________ and (b) the ____________ participle form of a verb. 2. The past forms of be are ____________ and ____________.

Look at this sentence with the past continuous and the simple past. past continuous

simple past tense

I was going too fast when I had the accident.

FIGURE IT OUT . . . The past continuous or the simple past tense? Complete these grammar rules. 1. _________________ shows an action that continued during a period of time in the past. 2. _________________ shows an action that occurred and then ended.

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