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    1. The document provides examples to practice using verbs in the past continuous tense. It includes filling in blanks with "was" or "were", correcting mistakes, forming questions and negatives, and filling gaps with verbs in the past continuous form. 2. The exercises involve conjugating verbs like "drive", "use", "work", "sleep", and others into the past continuous form to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at specific times in the past. 3. Completing the exercises requires understanding and proper use of the past continuous tense in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.

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    1. The document provides examples to practice using verbs in the past continuous tense. It includes filling in blanks with "was" or "were", correcting mistakes, forming questions and negatives, and filling gaps with verbs in the past continuous form. 2. The exercises involve conjugating verbs like "drive", "use", "work", "sleep", and others into the past continuous form to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at specific times in the past. 3. Completing the exercises requires understanding and proper use of the past continuous tense in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.

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    Verbs in Past Continuous Form

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    1. The document provides examples to practice using verbs in the past continuous tense. It includes filling in blanks with "was" or "were", correcting mistakes, forming questions and negatives, and filling gaps with verbs in the past continuous form. 2. The exercises involve conjugating verbs like "drive", "use", "work", "sleep", and others into the past continuous form to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at specific times in the past. 3. Completing the exercises requires understanding and proper use of the past continuous tense in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.

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    Put the verbs in brackets into the

    Past Continuous form:


    1
    4
    .
    Fill in ‘was’ or ‘were’: .

    1. Gloria ............. driving very fast when the accident 1. When Stan ...................................................... (use) our
    happened. computer, we ....................................... (play) chess in the
    2. What ............... they doing all day yesterday? I ............. living room.
    looking for them. 2.They ..................................................................... (work)
    3. While I ............ reading your e-mail the telephone rang in the garden all day yesterday.
    and I ran to answer it. 3. We ........................................... (sleep) in our tents at 10
    4. My neighbours ............. behaving very badly last night o’clock yesterday.
    and I couldn’t sleep. 4. It ............................................... (snow) heavily all day so
    5. When I entered the party everyone ........ staring at me. we stayed at home.
    6. You .............. eating breakfast at 8’oclock yesterday. 5. I .............................................. (walk) home when I met
    7. Sue and Joe ............... enjoying the party when I ........... my girlfriend.
    talking to them. 6. My sister ................................................. (have) dinner
    8. The wind .............. blowing and it was very cold when with her friends at 4 p.m. yesterday.
    we went out. 7. At 10 p.m. yesterday evening Jane ...............................
    9. While you ............. relaxing in the garden, we ............... (sit) with her best friend in the cafe.
    building a tree-house. 8. I .................................................. (study) Maths all
    10. Why ........... Jim pretending that he was fine? morning today.
    9. Jack and Jill saw an accident when they .........................
    Correct the mistakes: (come) back from school.

    2
    . 1. She weren’t washing her new car yesterday Fill in the gaps with the verbs
    morning. ......... from the box using the Past
    2. They were sleep at 6 o’clock last Sunday. ...................... 5 Continuous tense:
    3. James cut himself badly while he repairing his bike .
    yesterday afternoon. ........................
    4. When my brothers were quarreling I were watching the
    news. ...............
    5. People wasn’t panicking when the lights at the
    shopping centre went off suddenly. ................ carry, fish, play, shine,
    6. Was the sun shine when you got up yesterday morning? eat, follow, discuss,
    .............
    shout, try

    3 Make questions and negatives:


    1. My little nephew ......................................... with his toys
    . when I came to see him.
    2. They ............................................... cake when the
    1. You weren’t treating me seriously telling me that I can doorbell rang.
    sing very well. 3. You ........................................................ me all day
    ........................................................................................... yesterday.
    ........................................................................................... 4. Tom ............................................. a big suitcase when
    2. I was feeding my pets at 4 o’clock yesterday. we saw him last weekend.
    ........................................................................................... 5. They .................................................... at each other
    ........................................................................................... while I ......................................................... to fall asleep.
    3. The students were writing an exam when the alarm 6. They ......................................................... politics after
    went off. dinner.
    ........................................................................................... 7. The boys ................................................... when I arrived
    ........................................................................................... at the lake.
    4. He was criticizing his wife all day long. 8. The sun .............................................. all day yesterday.
    ...........................................................................................
    ...........................................................................................

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