Grade 11 - Unit 3 Interactive Kit
01 Study.
PAST CONTINUOUS
Positive Sentences (+) Negative Sentences (-) Questions (?)
• I was watching a movie at • I wasn’t working, I was
• Were you talking on the phone?
10:30 last night. resting.
• Was Tom watching the movie?
• They were studying at the • They weren’t sleeping.
• What were you doing?
library. • She wasn’t cleaning the
• Where was she going?
• She was listening to music. house.
Time Expressions yesterday evening, last night, while, when, as ...
02 The pictures below show what these people were doing at around 2 pm yesterday.
Look at the pictures and write sentences using the phrases given.
John Julie and Mark Linda
Tom Martin Kate and her father
1. read a book 4. have a match
Tom was reading a book at 2 pm yesterday.
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2. cook 5. run in the park
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3. have lunch 6. ride a bike
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by Demet Hoca
Grade 11 - Unit 3 Interactive Kit
03 Study.
Describing events happening at the same time in the past
• When+Past Simple
• When Helen fell down, she was cleaning the windows.
• Jack was playing football when he injured himself.
While+Past Continuous
• While Jason was waiting for his friend, he came across his teacher.
• Kate heard a strange noise while she was having a shower.
04 Rewrite the sentences using “when” and “while”.
1. I was reading a book. The doorbell rang. 2. The electricity went out. I was having dinner.
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3. I was jogging. It started to rain. 4. Tim arrived home. His mother was cooking.
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5. I met Susan. I was shopping. 6. Kate was playing. She saw the accident.
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7. Eva was walking. She found some money. 8. They left the school. The sun was shinning.
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05 Complete the sentences with simple past or past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. I ................................................. (play) a computer game when my mum ................................................. (enter)
my room.
2. While we ................................................. (drive) in the mountains, we ................................................. (see) a
deer with huge antlers.
3. When we ............................................... (arrive) at the party, all our friends ............................................. (dance).
4. I .......................................... (find) this wallet while I ............................................ (walk) down the street.
5. My father ......................................... (watch) the news when my mum ......................................... (call) him.
by Demet Hoca
Grade 11 - Unit 3 Interactive Kit
06 Study.
Explaining people’s habits in the past
We use “used to” to talk about a past situation or habit that continued
for a long time and to emphasize that the situation is different today.
» When I was a child, I used to play street games every day.
(I don’t do that now.)
We make negative sentences and questions with didn’t + used to:
» She didn’t use to have a mobile phone. (She has a mobile phone now.)
We form questions with: did + S+ use + to+ V1?
» Did he use to feed a dog?
07 Complete the sentences below with “used to” or “didn’t use to”.
1. Miranda ..................................... enjoy watching documentaries, but she does now.
2. Mike ..................................... smoke, but he doesn’t any more.
3. Nina ..................................... be bored of watching movies, but she is now.
4. Douglas ..................................... collect toy cars, but he doesn’t any more.
5. I ..................................... play the piano, but I do now.
08 Rewrite the sentences below using ‘’used to’’ in different forms.
1. Did you smoke when you were at university?
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2. Carl likes pan cakes now, but he hated it in the past.
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3. When I was a child, I was afraid of dogs.
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4. When Susan was a child, she didn’t like doing sports.
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5. I didn’t have a social media account, when I was young.
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by Demet Hoca
Grade 11 - Unit 3 Interactive Kit
09 Look at the table and write sentences with an appropriate form of “used to”.
Then Now
1 Linda eat healthy food
2 Joe and Helen study at the library
3 Donald work as a waiter
4 Peter like rock music
5 Sandra be fat
1. Linda didn’t use to eat healthy food but now she does.
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10 Circle the correct option.
1. While Sally - - - - at the supermarket, she - - - - 3. I - - - - to Rome last month, and I - - - - many
one of her old friends. historical sites and - - - - amazing museums.
A) was shopping / met A) was going / saw / was visiting
B) shopped / meets B) went / saw / visited
C) was shopping / was meeting C) went / was seeing / was visiting
D) shopped / was meeting D) was going / was seeing / was visiting
2. Aden : I came to see you at 9 pm last night, 4. My friends - - - - me to the cinema while I - - -
but you weren’t home. Where were you? for my exam.
Lisa : I - - - - basketball with my friends in the A) was inviting / studied
park. B) were inviting / studied
A) were playing B) am playing C) invited / was studying
C) play D) was playing D) invited / am studying
by Demet Hoca
