Formation of the Past Continuous: Subject + was/were + verb with “ing”

Task 1. Fill in the blanks with “was” or “were”

1. You _______ talking in your sleep! 6. ______ it raining last right?

2. He ________ eating with his fingers!
3. They _______ shouting “Hooray!”
4. I ________ wondering if I could
borrow this.
5. What ______ you doing yesterday!
7. We ______ having a great time.
8. Susan and maria ______ talking all
night.
9. Who ______singing in the
bathroom?
10. Why ______ she crying?

Task 2. Negative from. Fill in the blanks with “was’t” or “weren’t”

1. Sorry. I ______ listening 6. Marco and I ______ running in the

2. They ______ enjoying themselves hall!
much. 7. Plase. I ______ staring at you.
3. I ______ snoring. I was just 8. She ______ wearing your hat. It was
breathing loud. mine.
4. Why ______ he Reading during 9. Of course I ______ checking my
Silent Reading? Facebook account.
5. We checked and the pipes ______ 10. No, we ______ laughing just now.
leaking.

Task 3. ING form. Just add “-ing” exect where you need to drop the final “e” or add a double
consonant (“jogging”)

1. My brother was ________ (driver)
me mad.
2. She was ________ (tap) her foot
incessantly.
3. Why were you ________ (run)?
4. They weren´t ________ (wear)
uniforms.
5. Why was the teacher ________
(shout)?
6. The girls were ________ (do) sit-ups.
7. They were ________ (swim) in a
river.
8. We were all ________ (sneeze) and
coughing.
9. He wasn´t ________ (look) at you.
10. Jan was ________ (tex) while
driving.

Task 4. Make sentences from the cues.

Example: Juan / talk / during / class. Juan was talking during class.

1 . We / think / about reclycling ___________________________________________________

2 . They / not / sing / at the concert ________________________________________________

3 . I / not / play / attention _______________________________________________________

4 . Why / not / watch / the movie? _________________________________________________

5 . Who / clap / at the end? ______________________________________________________