Introduction
Someone may ask you: "What were you doing yesterday at three o'clock?"
This means that they want to know what you were doing at that time.
Preparation
You can work in pairs for this exercise.
Now:
•Look up yesterday's schedule.
Write down what you were doing for every hour of the day.
Now:
What did you do:
Last week:
•Describe what you did last week at work. Pick one day and relate what you were doing at the time.
Looking up situations:
Someone may ask you: "What were you doing yesterday at three o'clock?"
This means that they want to know what you were doing at that time.
- How do you have to make such sentences?
Preparation
You can work in pairs for this exercise.
- Take a look at the picture. This photograph was taken yesterday at 2 pm.
- Now, write down as many sentences describing what was happening as you can.
Now:
•Look up yesterday's schedule.
Write down what you were doing for every hour of the day.
- Write one sentence for each hour/activity.
- Use the correct form (grammatical tense).
- Look up the information for this subject if you need to.
Now:
- Watch an episode of a reality TV show on YouTube.
- Take notes on what people are doing during the show.
- Put your notes away.
- The next day, write down in detail what they were doing. Again, use the right form and look up any information you need.
What did you do:
- Describe in detail your activities during last year's holiday. "What were you doing last year in July/August?"
Last week:
•Describe what you did last week at work. Pick one day and relate what you were doing at the time.
Looking up situations:
- Choose an illustration from the newspaper or a magazine.
- Write down/tell us what the people in the illustration were doing at the time.