English Unit 3

The past continuous is formed using was/were + present participle. Questions are indicated by inverting the subject and was/were. Negatives are made with not.

The past continuous is a verb tense which is used to show that an ongoing past action was happening at a specific moment of interruption, or that two ongoing actions were happening at the same time. 

Statement: You were studying when she called.

Question: Were you studying when she called?

Negative: You were not studying when she called.

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Vocabulary

detectives    disguise    alien    spaceship    heroine    shield    time machine    clue    witness

fancy, magnifying glass, costume, striped, necklace, reporter, sword, dress party, thief, steal, Joan of Arc, pity, creatures, spells, science fiction. 

Define these words. Look them up in the dictionary. Draw them. 

Use of: of, and, when, until, so, since, while, at... 

Examples: 

The big elevator hasn’t worked since yesterday. 

While it was snowing, Jimmy stood under the shelter.

She has been an engineer since last year. 

Miky was watching a movie and Mary was studying science.

The Johnsons' have lived here for twenty years.

When I was in trouble, you helped me.

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Now make your own examples using these structures and changing the names but not the words.