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Lesson objectives

In this lesson students will:

  • learn / revise the past continuous

  • learn / revise a set of adverbs

Exercise 1

  1. were sitting

  2. wasn't listening

  3. Was it raining?

Exercise 2

a. actions in progress

b. - ing

Exercise 3

telling

doing lying

getting

coming

running.

Exercise 4

  1. Were they swimming in the sea? No, they weren't. They were swimming in a pool.

  2. Was she sleeping? NO, she wasn't. She was reading.

  3. Were they fighting? No, they weren't. They were playing.

  4. Was it lying on the bed? No, it wasn't. It was lying on the sofa.

  5. Was he watching TV? No, he wasn't. He was playing computer games.

Exercise 5

  1. was walking

  2. was raining

  3. were they coming

  4. wasn't telling

  5. were watching

  6. wasn't lying

Exercise 6

regular (-ly)

badly, carefully

regular (-ily)

easily

irregular

hard, well

Exercise 7

  1. carefully

  2. hard

  3. quickly

  4. brightly

  5. warmly

  6. easily