LANGUAGE FOCUS - Past continuous: questions - Past simple and past continuous

• 1. Was the squirrel eating flowers?||a. No, it wasn't.
• 2. Were the two men posing?||c. Yes, they were.
• 3. What were the men doing?||d. They were using a computer.
• 4. Who was skiing?||b. Steve's friend.

• 1. Was the squirrel eating flowers?||a. No, it wasn't.
• 2. Were the two men posing?||c. Yes, they were.
• 3. What were the men doing?||d. They were using a computer.
• 4. Who was skiing?||b. Steve's friend.

RULE

We form past continuous questions with: (question word) + ¹  or ² + subject + -ing form

1. I  (take) photos of my friend while we  (cycle).

2. She  (climb) when she  (have) an accident.

3. We  (take) photos of elephants while we  (travel) across Đắk Lắk.

4. My parents  (not sleep) when I  (get) home late last night.

RULES

1. We use the ¹ past continuous || past simple for longer actions in progress and the ² past simple || past continuous for shorter actions.

2. We often use when before the ³ past simple || past continuous and while before the ⁴ past continuous || past simple.

1. I  (take) photos of my friend while we  (cycle).

2. She  (climb) when she  (have) an accident.

3. We  (take) photos of elephants while we  (travel) across Đắk Lắk.

4. My parents  (not sleep) when I  (get) home late last night.

1. temple
2. pagoda
3. communal house
4. hostel

1. teacher
2. lecturer
3. professor
4. doctor

1. form
2. find
3. found
4. establish

1. dormitory
2. college
3. university
4. secondary school

1. learn
2. study
3. teach
4. lie

1. bamboo
2. strawberry
3. comment
4. banana

1. collection
2. hamburger
3. pagoda
4. encourage

1. locate
2. admire
3. forest
4. effect

1. invent
2. remain
3. exchange
4. gather

1. grocery
2. collection
3. revision
4. decision

_________ was built of wood on a single stone post.

1. Khue Van Pavilion
2. One Pillar Pagoda
3. Imperial Academy
4. World Heritage Site

The _________ in Hanoi is the area with busy streets and lots of shops as well as restaurants.

1. Doctors' stone tablets
2. Emperor
3. Temple of Literature
4. Old Quarter

He finally received the _________ that he deserved for his teaching career.

1. recognition
2. relic
3. scholar
4. site

The red rose is a _________ of beauty and romantic love.

1. scholar
2. doctorate
3. symbol
4. tomb

Cambridge University was founded in 1209 by a group of _________ from the University of Oxford.

1. Emperor
2. scholars
3. relics
4. statues