LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

1 |  |  | Complete the questions and answers from the interview in the table.

Past Continuous: Questions and Answers
Yes/No Questions (?) | Short Answers
Was I saving a man’s life? 2… you walking to school? Was he/she lying down in the road? ... it raining at 8 am yesterday? Were we listening to the right program? ... they talking to a 13-year-old? | Yes, I 1… . Yes, you were. Yes, he/she was. Yes, it was. Yes, we were. Yes, they were. | No, I wasn’t. No, you weren’t. No, he/she wasn’t. No, it wasn’t. No, we weren’t. No, they weren’t.
Wh– Questions (?) | Answers
What 3… he doing? How was Bruno feeling? Where ... Bruno and the woman helping the man? | He wasn’t moving. He was so worried. In the middle of the road.

2 | Complete the mini dialogues. Use the correct affirmative or negative form of was/were.
1 A … you talking to your teachers yesterday afternoon? 2 A … the man moving? 3 A … you and Huseyn helping Sevil last night? 4 A … Kamran and the woman laughing? | B Yes, I … . B No, he … . B Yes, we … . B No, they … .

3 | Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then match questions 1–4 with answers a–d.
1 was / interview / in / the / Why / the / laughing / athlete / ? d Why was the athlete laughing in the interview? 2 going / were / they / Where / ? 3 man / What / saying / the / was / ? 4 was / Who / the / helping / children / ? | a to the stadium b their teachers c That he was very worried. d Because the reporter was very funny.

4 | Work in pairs. Think about what you were doing at these times yesterday: 8 am, 1 pm, 9 pm. Take turns to do actions and ask and answer. Change the words in blue.

At 9 pm, were you doing your homework? |  | No, I wasn't.
Were you playing the piano? |  | Yes, I was!

| WORKBOOK p.32, p.34 and p.37