Continuous Verb Tenses

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3.At 8.30am today I was driving (drive) to work.

4.We _weren’t (be /not)sleeping at 11pm.

5.Why _was (be) he having lunch at 4pm?

6.I met John in town yesterday. He (shop).

7.Mary _ (wait) for me when I arrived.

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PAST CONTINUOUS

Use the past continuous tense

1.My brother and sister _was playing _ (play) tennis at 11am yesterday.

2 ._Were (be)you still working at 7pm last night?

3.At 8.30am today I was driving (drive) to work.

4.We _weren’t (be /not)sleeping at 11pm.

5.Why _was (be) he having lunch at 4pm?

6.I met John in town yesterday. He_was shopping (shop).

7.Mary _ (wait) for me when I arrived.

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PAST CONTINUOUS

Use the past continuous tense

1.My brother and sister _was playing _ (play) tennis at 11am yesterday.

2 ._Were (be)you still working at 7pm last night?

3.At 8.30am today I was driving (drive) to work.

4.We _weren’t (be /not)sleeping at 11pm.

5.Why _was (be) he having lunch at 4pm?

6.I met John in town yesterday. He_was shopping (shop).

7.Mary_was waiting_ (wait) for me when I arrived.

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Simple VERB continuous

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

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SIMPLE VERB CONTINUOUS

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

WILL BE with the personal pronoun I.

WILL BE with the personal pronouns he, she or it (or the singular forms of nouns.)

WILL BE with the personal pronouns you, we, they (or the plural form of nouns.)

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Uses of future continuous

1. Interrupted Action in the Future.

I will be watching tv when she arrives tonight .

Use the Future Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the future will be interrupted by a shorter action in the future

Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time.

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Uses of FUTURE CONTINUOUS Other examples:

I will be waiting for you when your bus arrives.

I am going to be staying at the madison hotel, if anything happens and you need to contact me.

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Uses of FUTURE CONTINUOUS 2.Specific time as an Interruption in the Future

Tonight at 6 pm, we are going to be eating dinner.

At midnight tonight ,we will still be driving through the desert.

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