Exercises

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

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Yesterday at six I (prepare________________ dinner.

The kids (play) __________________ in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
I (practice)_______________the guitar when he came home.
While Aaron (work) ________________ in his room, his friends (swim)
________________ in the pool.
5. I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not) ________________.
6. What (you / do) ________________ yesterday?
7. Most of the time we (sit) ________________in the park.
8. While my brother (study) ________________, my grandma ________________
(make) some muffins
9. The thieves________________ (come) into the house while the man
________________ (sleep) .
10. Mr.
Stevenson
(drive)
__________________
his
car
while
he
__________________(listen) to some music
11. Louis fell asleep while he __________________ (study)
12. Joe __________________ (run) as he __________________ (phone) his wife.
13. Jerry __________________ (have) a bath when the phone rang.
14. Yesterday at 2pm Mark __________________ (study) English with his sister.