WORKSHEET No.

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PAST CONTINUOUS / ENGLISH IV° SEC - INT

Full Name :_____________________________________________ Date : _______________

Capacity: Reads and writes in English as a Second Language
Grade:

PAST CONTINUOUS
YOU, WE, THEY WERE
You were cooking yesterday night
I, HE, SHE, IT WAS
I was eating a pizza when you arrived

A) PAST CONTINUOUS. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

Example: 0. Andrea _________ ___________________ (eat) a pizza yesterday.

0. Andrea was eating a pizza yesterday.

1. My sister ______ ____________ (watch) TV in the living room when I came in.

2. Mrs. Gray ______ ___________ (teach) Math to her students yesterday.

3. ______ Carl ________________ (write) a letter to her mom two days ago?

4. My friends ________ __________________ (play) tennis two weeks ago.

5. The students ________ ___________________ (do) their homework in class when the teacher arrived.

6. My grandmother ______ __________________ (cook) dinner when I visited her.

7. Carmen __________ ______________________(travel) to Paris when my brother got sick.

8. Juan ________ __________________________(play) the guitar when you visited him.

B) PAST CONTINUOUS. Select the best option. Complete with the AFFIRMATIVE FORM.

1. Andy ___________________________________ in the garden.

a) were working b) is working c) was working
2. I ______________________________________ TV when you came in.

a) were watching b) was watching c) am watching

3. We ____________________________________ an interesting book in class.

a) was reading b) were reading c) are reading

4. She ____________________________________ the piano in a concert when you came in.

a) are playing b) am playing c) is playing