A closer look 2 SVIP

Put the subjects into the correct columns.

Read the examples and choose the correct use of the past continuous.

e.g.:

1. My grandma was reading a book at 8 p.m. last night.

2. Your brothers were cleaning the house at noon yesterday.

3. Were you having a picnic in the park at 2 p.m. last Sunday?

4. Where was she walking her dog at 7 a.m. yesterday?

The past continuous is used to describe an action that __________.

Choose the correct signals for the past continuous.

Read the situations below and choose the correct use of “wish + past simple”.

1: I want to travel around the world, but I don't have enough money.

→ I wish I had enough money to travel around the world.

2. My mother works very hard every day, and I see that she is tired.

→ I wish (that) my mother didn't have to work so hard.

“wish + past simple” is used to talk about something that we would like to be betterdifferentsimilar in the present/future.