NAME: _______________________

DATE: _________________

Inductive Grammar Chart

(Unit 4, page 40)

GRAMMAR. The past continuous

Look at these questions and answers with the past continuous.
The car was making a funny sound while they were driving.
Were the headlights working? (Yes, they were. / No, they werent.)
Where were you going when it was raining?

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Complete this grammar rule by filling in the blanks and circling the correct word.
Form the past continuous with ________ or ________ and the (past / present) participle
form of a verb.

Look at this sentence with the past continuous and the simple past.
past continuous

simple past tense

She was driving home when she had an accident.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
The past continuous or the simple past tense? Complete these grammar rules.
1. ___________________________ shows an activity that continued during a period of time
in the past.
2. ___________________________ shows a completed past action.

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Unit 4