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( Lesson Two Grammar 1

1 Listen to the story again and repeat. Act.

2 Read and learn.

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What were you doing? Were they going to the train station?
I was looking at photos. No, they weren't. They were going to
the theatre. "
He wasn't making a smoothie.
He was making a mess.

Use the past continuous to
describe an action happening
at a certain time in the past.

3 Write. ( ride visit J.goR make read J
What were the family doing at three o'clock

yesterda y afternoon?

1 Holly and her aunt were looking at the

photo album.

2 Holly's parents a friend in hospital.

3 Amy a photo album on the computer.

4 Leo his skateboard outside.

5 Max a new book.

4 ,.I§.i5k' Look at the pictures again. Ask and answer.

1 Were Holly's parents going to the cinema?
Were Holly's parents
2 Was Max reading a new book?
going to the cinema?
3 Were Holly and her aunt taking photographs?
NO, they weren't. They were
4 Was Amy making a photo album?
visiting a friend in hospital.
5 Was Leo riding his skateboard inside?

5 What were you doing at three o'clock yesterday afternoon?

a Complete Grammar Time Exercise 1 on page 130 of Workbook 4. Past continuous Unit 14 111