GUIA DE APRENDIZAJE N 2

ASIGNATURA: Ingls CURSO: 2 medio

PROFESORA(A): Mr. Camilo Saavedra Navarrete
Nombre y Apellidos:

Curso: Fecha:

Objetivo(s) de Aprendizaje:

Comprender y aplicar el tiempo verbal pasado continuo para contar

historias.

Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Past Continuous
I. Read the short texts and answer to the questions in FULL ANSWER. [Lee
estos textos cortos y responde a las preguntas en respuesta completa]

1. Peter was at home yesterday. He was helping his mother in the morning. Then
he was playing with some friends in the street. In the afternoon he was writing a
long letter to a friend. And in the evening he was listening to some CDs.
Questions
1. Where was Peter yesterday?
2. What was he doing in the morning?
3. When was he writing a long letter?
4. What was he listening to in the evening?
5. Was he helping his mother in the afternoon?

2. The teachers were on the beach yesterday. In the morning the beach was full.
The teachers were swimming a lot and they were lying on the sand, too. In the
afternoon they were sailing a boat. And in the evening they were eating on the
beach. Now the beach was almost empty.
Questions
1. Where were the teachers yesterday?
2. Was the beach empty in the morning?
3. What were they doing in the morning?
4. When were they sailing a boat?
5. Where were they eating in the evening?
6. Was the beach very full in the evening?

3. At five o'clock yesterday afternoon, the other students were at the cinema. They
were watching a film. It wasn't very good, so they weren't very interested in it. At
eight o'clock in the evening they were going up and down the street and talking
about the bad film.
Questions
1. Where were the students yesterday afternoon?
2. What time were they watching the film?
3. Was the film good?
4. What were they doing at eight o'clock?
5. What were they talking about?

4. Last night Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stayed home. It was cold and rainy and they didnt
want to go out in the bad weather. Mrs. Rojas made some popcorn and ice tea. At
8:00, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas went into the living room, sat on the sofa and began the
movie and ate and drank. At 8:15, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas realized they already
watched the movie last year and they didnt want to watch it again.
Now what? asked Mr. Rojas. Lets play cards! answered Mrs. Rojas. At 8:30 Mr.
and Mrs. Rojas started to play cards. They were playing for about 10 minutes when
Mr. Rojas looked out the window. The rain changed to snow and the trees were
covered in beautiful white snowflakes. Im happy we stayed home tonight. It looks
beautiful outside but this weather is very dangerous to drive in. said Mr. Rojas.
Youre right, said Mrs. Rojas, but Im bored. Lets play some music and dance.
Mr. Rojas was surprised. Dance? But I really dont .
Oh come on! Mrs. Rojas insisted. She put on a romantic CD and they both
started to dance. They were dancing for about 1 minute when suddenly the music
stopped and the lights went out. Mrs. Rojas laughed. Were just not very lucky
tonight, are we? she said. Mr. Rojas said, Of course were lucky! We are
together! He kissed her and continued to dance with her, in the dark and without
music.

1. Why did Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stay home last night?
2. What did Mrs. Rojas make?
3. What were Mr. and Mrs. Rojas doing when it started to snow?
4. Why was Mr. Rojas happy they stayed home?
5. What were Mr. and Mrs. Rojas doing when the lights went out?

5. The headmaster was in his garden yesterday. Early in the morning he was
working. He was cutting the grass. In the afternoon he was looking at the flowers
and trees. And late in the evening he was very tired, so he was reading the
newspaper in his garden chair.
Questions
1. Where was the headmaster yesterday?
2. What was he doing in the early morning?
3. When was he looking at the flowers?
4. Was he sleeping in the morning?
5. When was he reading the newspaper?

II. Fill in the gaps with the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets .
[Completa los espacios en blanco con el pasado continuo de los verbos entre parntesis]

a) The teacher _______________ (not talk) when Mary arrived.

b) The pupils _______________ (play) when the bell rang.
c) Lucy _______________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the door.
 d) Marks parents _______________ (write) him a letter when they heard a crash.
e) Ann _______________ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang.
f) They _______________ (not watch) TV when their parents arrived.

III. Put the following sentences into the correct tense, Simple Past or Past
Continuous. [Pon las siguientes oraciones en el tiempo correcto, ya sea pasado simple o
pasado continuo]

a) We ______________ (go) down the road at 100 Km/h when the wheel ____________
(fall) off.
b) She nearly ___________ (have) a heart attack when she __________ (see) the lion.
c) My mother ____________ (get) dressed when she ____________ (feel) a pain in her
chest.
d) She ____________ (fill) in a questionnaire when the pen ____________ (run) out of
wink.
e) Susan ________________ (not/see) her friend because she ______________ (face) the
other way.
f) Mike ___________ (fall) off the ladder while he _____________ (paint) the ceiling.
g) While Ann ____________ (cook) dinner, the phone ____________ (ring)
h) Susan ____________ (wait) for me at home when I ____________ (arrive) yesterday.
i) What ______________ (you /do) at this time yesterday?
j) I _________________ (see) carol at the party. She ______________ (wear) a beautiful
dress.
k) I _______________ (break) a plate last night. I ______________ (do) the washing up
l) _____________ (you/watch) TV when I ____________ (arrive)?

IV. Complete the table in past progressive. [Completa el cuadro con las oraciones en
pasado continuo]

Positive Negative Question

It was raining.
They were not playing.
Was I listening?
Caron was not eating.
You were singing.

V. Write sentences in past progressive. [Escribe oraciones utilizando las palabras de

abajo para formar el pasado continuo]
1. he / the car / wash ___________________________________________
2. she / home / go _____________________________________________
3. they / not / the match / watch
___________________________________
4. you / in the shop / work _______________________________________
5. I / not / a magazine / read _____________________________________

VI. Write a medium-length text (120 words) telling a horror story, either
experienced by yourself or a fantastic one made up by you. [Escribe un texto
de aproximadamente 120 palabras contando una historia de terror ya sea vivida por ti mismo o
algo fantstico inventado por ti]

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