Unit 6: Past continuous

Question 1

What does were playing mean?

Answer 1

What does were playing mean?

they were in the middle of playing

they had not finished playing

I was in the middle of doing sth at a certain time

action had already started before this time, but was not finished

Question 2

How do we construct the past continuous?

Answer 2

How do we construct the past continuous?

Was/were -ing

Question 3

In which situation do we use often past continuous and the past simple together?

Answer 3

In which situation do we use often past continuous and the past simple together?

to say that something happened in the middle of something else

Question 4

What is the difference between this 2 sentences?

When Karen arrived, we were having

dinner.

When Karen arrived, we had dinner.

Answer 4

When Karen arrived, we were having

dinner.

• (= we had already started before she arrived)

When Karen arrived, we had dinner.

• (= Karen arrived, and then we had dinner)

Question 5

Which two verbs are normally not used in the continuous?

Answer 5

Which two verbs are normally not used in the continuous?

Know

want