What were
you doing?
VOCABULARY
Actionverbs
GRAMMAR
Past continuous and Past simple
Look at the picture. Then answer
the questions.
Let’s start!
Sally
Mark
Paul
Andy
Lucy
Amy
Mom
Tom
Dad
1. What wasSally doing whenMom arrived?
Sally wasplaying the guitar.
2. What wasTom doing whenMom arrived?
Tom waspreparing a cake.
3. What wasPaul doing whenMom arrived?
Paul wascleaningthe house.
4. What wasAndy doing whenMom arrived?
Andy waslistening to music.
Wasand WereGRAMMAR:
Past continuousGRAMMAR:
Answer the questions.PRACTICE:
1.Whatwereyou
doingyesterdayat
midnight?
2.Whatwereyou
doinglastSaturday
at7am?
3.Whatwereyou
doingtodayat
6am?
4.Whatwasyour
father doing
yesterdayat1pm?
5.Whatwasyour
mother doing
yesterdayat10pm?
What happened in Green City
yesterday at 8pm?
PRACTICE:
Yesterdaynightpeopleweredoing
differentactivitiesinGreenCity.
At8:00pmtherewasablackoutin
GreenCity.
Thelightswentoutinallthecity.
Whatwerepeopledoingwhenthe
lightswentoff?
Doris wastakinga shower whenthe lightswentoff
PRACTICE:
What were they doing when
the lights went off?
What wasDavid doing whenthe lightswentoff?
David wascooking the food.
PRACTICE:
What were they doing when
the lights went off?
What wereAmy and Tom doing whenthe lightswentoff?
Amy and Tom werewatching TV.
PRACTICE:
What were they doing when
the lights went off?
What wasJulia doing whenthe lightswentoff?
Julia waswashingher hair.
PRACTICE:
What were they doing when
the lights went off?
What wasRobert doing whenthe lightswentoff?
Robert wasreading a newspaper.
PRACTICE:
What were they doing when
the lights went off?
What wereNick and Ann doing whenthe lightswentoff?
Nick and Ann wereshopping in the supermarket.
PRACTICE:
What were the
students doing
when the
teacher
entered?
PRACTICE:
Amanda wasdrawingon the board.
1. Mike wasstanding on the teacher’sdesk.
2. Sarah and David werereading comics.
3. Beth and Katewerelistening to music.
4. Dianawasplaying the piano.
5. Lucywasdancing.
6. Peter and Joewereplaying football.
7. Sanjaywaseating a sándwich.