STEP 1 Watch the videomap and get more practice on the affirmative and negative forms
Watch the video to revise the rule and then do the exercise. Complete the sentences with the correct past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Use the contracted form where possible.
1 Last night at 9 p.m. I ________ (sit) on the sofa, watching TV.
2 The actors and actresses ________ (leave) the set at 7 p.m.
3 The director ________ (not shoot) the scene at that time, the journalist is wrong.
4 You ________ (look) at the screen without paying attention.
5 The producer and the screenwriter were here at 10 a.m., but they ________ (talk) about the film.
6 The stuntwoman ________ (get) ready for the next scene when the lights went off.
7 The fans ________ (try) to get inside the theatre, but security stopped them.