1. Tell the class that they must think of answers to the question:
   What were you doing yesterday afternoon?
   Why weren’t you at school?
2.  Write their answers on the board or shared online space and encourage them to use the past continuous e.g.
   I was helping my mother.
   I wasn’t feeling well.
   I was playing football.
3.  Click on the link and ask them to continue this activity: Activity 4

TIP!

This activity would work best done as a whole class, with students working in Teams. Give points for the most creative and grammatically correct answers.

Possible answers are:

• I was playing in a rock band.
• I was eating fast food.
• I was swimming with a shark.
• I was walking my pet rabbit.
• I was flying a plane.
• I was driving a fast car.
• I was riding a camel.
• I was sleeping (like a baby).
• I was painting my toenails.
• I was brushing an elephant’s teeth.