Practice

1. Label the pictures!

_______forest fire__________ ________tornado__________ _________lightning___________

2. Write Past Continuous sentences!

+ She was watching a romantic film in the living room.

- She wasn’t watching a romantic film in the living room.

? Was she watching a romantic film in the living room?

Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.

Where was she watching a romantic film ?

+My best friends were repairing his car.

-My best friends weren’t repairing his car.

?Were my best friends repairing his car?

Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.

Why were my best friends repairing his car?

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3. What were these people doing at 3 o’clock last Sunday? Write Past Continuous sentences about
the picture!

1. Gary 2. Alice 3. Cindy 4. Ben 5. Mr Brown 6. Tracy

Gary was reading a newspaper.

Alice was knitting a scarf.

Cindy was listening to music.

Ben was drawing a cloud.

Mr Brown was sleeping on the armchair.

Tracy was drinking water.

Make questions and answers about the people in exercise 3.!

Example:

Gary/play the piano

_Was Gary playing the piano?____

_No, he wasn’t.______

a.Tracy/ drink

Was Tracy drinking?

Yes, she was.

b. Ben / bath

Was Ben having a bath?

No, he wasn’t.

c.What/Cindy/do?

What was Cindy doing?

She was listening to music.

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 4. Put the verbs in the brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous!

1. When the police __got____ (get) to the scene, the criminal ____was climbing_______ (climb) over the
fence.

2. It_____was raining________ (rain) heavily, when James _____left__________ (leave) home.

3. While my friend _____was cooking___________ (cook) dinner, I ____was playing_________ (play)

football.

4. I____was having_______ (have) dinner with my business partner at 7 o’clock on Sunday evening.

5. He_____was waiting____________ (wait) for his girlfriend when I _____saw______ (see) him.

6. While the teacher _______was telling_________(tell) the new grammar structure, the students
_____were playing________(play) with their phone.

7.While I_____was going_________(go) upstairs, I ___heard___________ (hear) a noise.

8. While they ___were running__________(run), Suzan _____saw_______ (see) an accident and

_____called_________ (call) the police.

9. Carol _______was sleeping_______ (sleep), while Paul ______was reading__________(read) a book.

6. Fill the text with Past Simple or Past Continuous!

My name’s Megan. Last month I__was________(be) at the beach with Peter, Andy and Lucy. Peter____was
swimming________ (swim) and I ____was sunbathing__________ (sunbathe). Andy and Lucy ____were
buying__________ (buy) an ice cream in a café. Suddenly we ___heard___________ (hear) a very loud
noise. We _______looked______ (look) up and we ___saw_______ (see) an object in the sky. It
__was______ (be) very long. Peter_____ran________ (run) out of the sea. We ____were
looking_________ (look) at the object when it suddenly ____changed________ (change) to red and it
_____started_______ (start) to move.