1. Complete the table with the correct past form of be.

I was using my mobile phone at 8pm

You were listening to music at 8pm
He was eating a sandwich at 8pm
She was laughing when you arrived.
We were watching TV when you arrived.
They were swimming when you arrived.

I wasn’t using my mobile phone at 8pm

You weren’t listening to music at 8pm
He wasn’t eating a sandwich at 8pm
She wasn’t laughing when you arrived.
We weren’t watching TV when you arrived.
They weren’t swimming when you arrived.

Was I using my mobile phone at 8pm

Were you listening to music at 8pm
was he eating a sandwich at 8pm
was she laughing when you arrived.
were we watching TV when you arrived.
were they swimming when you arrived.

2. Write questions

Were you talking

Were they laughing
Was she taking photos
Were you shopping
Was he running

3. Read the questions you wrote in exercise 2. Then complete the answers.

Were you talking. No, I wasn't talking

Were they laughing. Yes, they were laughing
Was she taking photos. Yes, she was taking photos
Were you shopping. No, we weren’t shopping
Was he running. Yes, he was running

4. Complete the sentences with the past continuous