1 Look at the dialogues and complete the questions. Use the past continuous.
Joe Sorry about
that – I was talking on the phone.
Harry What 1___________
___________ ___________ about?
Joe The party
next week.
Sue My sister was
watching a film last night.
Gina Which film 2___________
___________ ___________ ?
Sue Despicable Me 2.
Gavin Mick was at the
park after school yesterday.
Ben What 3___________
___________ ___________ there?
Gavin I don't know.
Jen Lucy and
Kate were in an Italian restaurant when I saw them.
Sally Really? What 4___________
___________ ___________ ?
Jen A pizza.
Ellie I arrived at
the party and saw you talking to someone.
Ruby Oh, who 5___________
___________ ___________ to?
Ellie I don't know,
but he was very good-looking.
1
C2. Complete the text with the
correct past continuous affirmative and negative forms of the verbs below. There
are two extra verbs.
buy catch enjoy
feel make play
swim
One day last summer something really
surprising happened to us at the beach. The weather was great, so lots of
people 1_______________________ in the sea.
l 2_______________________ ice creams from a shop with my parents,
and my brothers 3_______________________ football on the beach. Everyone
4_______________________ the lovely weather until someone suddenly
shouted, ‘SHARK!’ There was a shark in the water, but luckily it didn't try to
eat anyone. Perhaps it 5_______________________ hungry!
