Food and Past Continuous

October 23, 2025

KARTOJIMAS. Garsiai ištarkite

/əʊ/ /tʃ/ /ə/ /s/
almost a beach ago a centre
cosy future an island nice
a hotel lunch a tourist a sentence

FOOD – MAISTAS 🍊

Angliškai Tarimas Lietuviškai
whisky /ˈwɪskɪ/ viskis
wine /waɪn/ vynas
gin /dʒɪn/ džinas
champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ šampanas
cognac /ˈkɒnjak/ konjakas
liqueur /lɪˈkjʊə/ likerinis gėrimas
rum /rʌm/ romas
fresh šviežias
spoiled sugedęs
juicy /ˈdʒuːsɪ/ sultingas
fruit-tree /ˈfruːt triː/ vaismedis
pineapple /ˈpaɪnæpl/ ananasas
orange /ˈɒrɪndʒ/ apelsinas
tangerine /ˌtændʒəˈriːn/ mandarinas
lemon citrina
apricot /ˈeɪprɪkɒt/ abrikosas
peach /piːtʃ/ persikas
pear /peə/ kriaušė
banana /bəˈnɑːnə/ bananas
mango /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/ mangas
kiwi kivis
grapefruit /ˈɡreɪpfruːt/ greipfrutas
poppy aguona

DO YOU KNOW THAT… 🍋

  • The orange, the lemon, and the peach originated in China.
  • The apple-tree is one of the oldest fruit-trees — more than four thousand years old.
  • The orange-tree grows about twenty feet high and gives three to four hundred oranges a year.
  • The banana plant grows well if it has much warmth and rain. Some are thirty feet tall, and their leaves ten feet long. A good flour is made from dry bananas.

GRAMATIKA. BŪTASIS TĘSTINIS LAIKAS – PAST CONTINUOUS

Veiksmažodis to swim – plaukti

Teigiamoji forma

Asmuo Angliškai Lietuviškai
I was swimming aš plaukiau
You were swimming tu plaukei
He was swimming jis plaukė
She was swimming ji plaukė
It was swimming jis, ji (daiktas) plaukė
We were swimming mes plaukėme
You were swimming jūs plaukėte
They were swimming jie, jos plaukė

Neigiamoji forma

Asmuo Angliškai Lietuviškai
I was not swimming aš neplaukiau
You were not swimming tu neplaukei
He was not swimming jis neplaukė
She was not swimming ji neplaukė
We were not swimming mes neplaukėme
They were not swimming jie neplaukė

Klausiamoji forma

Klausimas Vertimas
Was I swimming? Ar aš plaukiau?
Were you swimming? Ar tu plaukei?
Was he swimming? Ar jis plaukė?
Were they swimming? Ar jie plaukė?

Atsakymai

Teigiami Neigiami
Yes, I was. No, I was not.
Yes, you were. No, you were not.
Yes, he/she was. No, he/she was not.
Yes, we were. No, we were not.
Yes, they were. No, they were not.

Exercises

Exercise 1Fill in the blanks

Complete the sentences with the correct form of "to be" and the verb in brackets.

  1. I ___ (swim) when you called me.
  2. She ___ (read) a book yesterday evening.
  3. They ___ (watch) TV at 9 p.m.
  4. It ___ (rain) all night.
  5. We ___ (not sleep) at midnight.

Exercise 2Choose the correct answer

Choose the correct option.

  1. He ___ swimming when it started to rain.
    a) was
    b) were
    c) is

  2. ___ you listening to music yesterday?
    a) Was
    b) Were
    c) Did

  3. They ___ eating dinner at 7 p.m.
    a) were
    b) was
    c) are

  4. She ___ not working at that time.
    a) were
    b) was
    c) be

  5. What ___ you doing yesterday evening?
    a) were
    b) are
    c) did

Exercise 3Rewrite in Past Continuous

Rewrite the sentences in the Past Continuous tense.

  1. I play football.
  2. She drinks tea.
  3. They watch TV.
  4. He reads a book.
  5. We eat dinner.

Exercise 4Yes/No Questions

Write Yes/No questions for the following sentences.

  1. You were studying.
  2. She was cooking.
  3. They were running.
  4. We were talking.
  5. He was listening.

Exercise 5Match the words

Match the words with their Lithuanian meaning.

  1. orange
  2. lemon
  3. pineapple
  4. peach
  5. pear

a) kriaušė
b) apelsinas
c) ananasas
d) citrina
e) persikas

Exercise 6Translate into English

Translate these sentences into English.

  1. Aš plaukiau baseine.
  2. Jie valgė vaisius.
  3. Ji gėrė sultis.
  4. Mes ilsėjomės po pietų.
  5. Buvo graži diena.

Exercise 7Describe the picture

Imagine you are on a beach. Write five sentences using the Past Continuous tense. Example: I was swimming in the sea.

Exercise 8Correct the mistakes

Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

  1. He were eating an apple.
  2. They was dancing.
  3. We was playing football.
  4. She were reading.
  5. I were sleeping.

Exercise 9Fill in food words

Complete with the correct food word.

  1. I like to drink ___ in the evening.
  2. The ___ is sweet and yellow.
  3. ___ is made from grapes.
  4. The ___ tree gives a lot of fruit.
  5. ___ juice is very tasty.

Exercise 10Short Answers

Answer with short answers (Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t).

  1. Were you swimming yesterday?
  2. Was it raining last night?
  3. Were they playing football?
  4. Was she drinking tea?
  5. Were you studying English?