THE USE OF THE PAST INDEFINITE AND THE PAST CONTINUOUS Matching exercise
Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
The Past Continuous is used to denote:
1) actions in progress at a time in the past Were you chatting to Matt online at midnight last night? 2) temporary/ changing situations At the time, I was working for a large software company in California. I was getting frustrated with my Internet provider so I decided to change. 3) two actions in progress at the same time While I was playing a computer game, my brother was doing his homework. 4) to sound polite and more tentative I was wondering if I could ask you this question. 5) past arrangements He was leaving that night. 6) annoying or amusing past habits When she was young, Tina was always taking things apart to see how they worked. 7) to serve as a background for a single past action We were talking about MP3s when Andrea mentioned her new music website.