PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS OBJECTIVE By the end of the lesson, students should be able to express in oral and written way activities they were doing at a given time. WARM UP GRAMMAR PAST CONTINUOUS Yesterday, I was working out at the gym because I have problems with cholesterol. The past continuous is formed from the past tense of be with the -ing form of the verb: We use the past continuous to talk about the past : for something which continued before and after another action : The children were doing their homework when I got home . Compare: I got home. The children did their homework. and The children did their homework when I got home. As I was watching television the telephone rang. for something that happened before and after a particular time : It was eight o’clock. I was writing a letter. Compare: At eight o’clock I wrote some letters. In July she was working in McDonald’s. .to show that something continued for som