The past continuous

Ex 24. Match the beginning of each sentence in column A(1-11) with its ending in column B (a-k) and add when (suddenly) to complete the phrase. Look at the example provided (11-k).

I was going to bed when suddenly I heard a strange noise.

A B

Jane was walking home a. he fell off the ladder.

John was painting a picture b. she cut her finger.

Mr Drill was driving to the c. their ball broke a window.

airport

She was chopping potatoes d. the teacher entered the room.

Dan was climbing the tree e. a branch broke.

We were having a picnic f. he spilled the paint.

Jill was sleeping g. the wind blew her hat off.

The children were playing h. his car broke down.

football

He was painting the bedroom i. the telephone woke her up.

The students were talking j. it started raining.

11. I was going to bed k. I heard a strange noise.

Ex.25. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous.

Yesterday at six, John _______ (drive) to the airport.

While Clara _______ (have) lunch in the canteen, Jane and Vicky _______(talk) to a customer.

I _______ (prepare) the invoice, when my computer crashed.

When we _______ (sit) in the meeting, Joseph suddenly got an idea.

The secretary _______ (correct) the document, they _______ (discuss) the solution to the problem.

Tracy and her colleague _______(walk) to the office, when it suddenly started to rain.

During the week of the conference I _______ (stay) at a nice B&B.

Where you _______(stay) at during your business trip in London?

Who _______ (do) my job while I was in hospital?

I ________ (just leave) the office when they arrived.

Ex.26. Ask questions to the words in bold, as in the example below. The first one is given to you as an example.

At half past seven, we were signinga contract. – What were you doing at half past seven?

When Charlie was driving home he saw a motorcycle accident.

Robert looked out of the window. Ricky was still waiting for Holly.

Everything happened so unexpectedly. Mrs. Rich was speaking on the phone, I was sortingout the papers, and he was standing over there by the window.

I saw Grace in the garden. She was watering flowers singing softly to herself.

He turned on the TV; the match hadn’t started yet. Players from both teams were signing autographs.

They resigned when we were launching a new product.

Yesterday afternoon while I was shopping, I lost my wallet.

While she was cooking you were all watching television. (tag question)