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Past Continuous
A Complete the sentences with
was
or
were
.
1 It ...................... raining this morning when 4 My parents ...................... sleeping when
I got up. the telephone rang.
2 ...................... you watching television at 5 The lights went out while we ......................
six o’clock last night? having supper.
3 ...................... the man standing at the bus 6 I ...................... walking to school when I
stop when the bus came? saw my friend.
B Complete the sentences with the Past Continuous form of the verb in brackets.
1 I ............................. (watch) TV when my 5 The baby ............................. (not sleep) when
parents came home. we went to bed.
2 ............................. Tom ............................. 6 You ............................. (not ride) your bicycle
(study) for his test yesterday at seven o’clock? when I saw you.
3 The boys ............................. (play) football 7 My parents ............................. (leave) the
when it started to rain. house when I got home.
4 ............................. the dogs ............................. 8 When I phoned my friend, she
(bark) at midnight last night? ............................. (eat) supper.
C Write questions using the Past Continuous.
1 you / walk / in the street / at seven o’clock / last night / ?
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2 your father / sleep / at eight o’clock / this morning / ?
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3 you / listen / to music / in the bedroom / when Mum come in / ?
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4 your brother / wait / at the bus stop / ?
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5 your friends / swim / at eleven o’clock / in the morning / ?
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D Complete the text with the Past Continuous form of the verbs below.
was
listen play cut bark repair not smile
Yesterday, my neighbour came home early from work. His son 1 ................................. the drums
in the living room and his daughter 2 ................................. to jazz music on the radio. Workers
3 ................................. the road in front of his house, a dog 4 ................................. in the garden,
and I 5 ................................. the grass. A few minutes later, my neighbour got into his car. He
6 ................................. . “Where are you going?” I asked. “Back to work, where it’s quiet,” he
said.
Were you walking in the street at seven o’clock last night?
was playing
was watcing
