I N S P I R AT I O N 2

Worksheet 2

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

I was using my mobile phone

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

Now make the sentences negative. Now make questions.

I wasn’t using my mobile phone at 8pm.
____________________________________________________________ Was I using my mobile phone at 8pm?
____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

2 Write questions. 4 Complete the sentences with the past

you / watch him – Were you watching him?
1 you / talk
______________________________________________________
2 they / laugh
______________________________________________________
3 she / take photos
______________________________________________________
4 you / shop
______________________________________________________
5 he / run
______________________________________________________
3 Read the questions you wrote in exercise 2.
Then complete the answers.
1 No, I _______________________________________________
2 Yes, they __________________________________________
3 Yes, she ___________________________________________
4 No, we ____________________________________________
5 Yes, he ____________________________________________
continuous form.
1 I _____________________ (run) when you saw me
because I was late.
2 They _____________________ (wait) for a bus when
the car crashed.
3 Gabi and Laura _____________________ (dance) at
8pm.
4 Tomek _____________________ (not / eat) a
sandwich when Ben fell into the river.
5 What _____________________ Carol and Jack
_____________________ (do) when Pedro phoned?
6 _____________________ Sally _____________________
(take) a photo when I phoned?
7 Pedro and Tomek _____________________ (not /
laugh) when Ben fell in the river.

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