Past continuous

1: ONE ACTIVITY IS INTERRUPTED BY SOMETHING ELSE
I was playing computer games
when someone knocked at the door.

I was cleaning
when I broke my vase.

I _______________a shower when the telephone rang.
was having
A ball landed on Jane when she __________________
was sunbathing.

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + -ING
I was cooking when the telephone rang.
There was a power cut when Joana and Ted were watching TV.
Teresa was eating dessert when her husband came home.

2. TWO ACTIONS HAPPENING INDEPENDENTLY ON EACH OTHER
I was playing computer games…
… and my wife was cooking.

The baby was crying…
… and his sister was playing hide and seek.

I __________________ and the girls at the next table __________________ .
was having lunch
were gossiping
The sun ________________ and the birds ___________________.
was shining
were singing

3. ACTIONS HAPPENING AT A PARTICULAR TIME IN THE PAST
8 pm
11 pm
3 am
7 am
At midnigt the baby was still sleeping.
The baby fell asleep

At three o´clock I was lying on the beach.
2 pm
4 pm
I came on the beach