PAST CONTINOUS

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets (past
continuou
a) Yesterday at 6 PM, I was cooking (cook) dinner.
b) While I was watching (watch) TV, the phone rang.
c) They were playing (play) basketball when it started raining.
Rewrite the sentences in the past continuous tense:
a) She reads a book. = She was reading a book.
b) He eats breakfast = He was eating breakfast.
c) We go to the park = We were going to the park. .
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence:
a) What ______________ (you do) when I called you?
i) were you doing
ii) did you do
b) While we ______________ (walk) in the park, it started to rain.
i) walked
ii) were walking
Write questions for the given answers using the past continuous tense:
a) Answer: They were playing football.
Question: What were they doing? (What/they/do)?
b) Answer: She was studying at the library.
Question: Where was she studying? (Where/she/study)?
Rearrange the words to form a sentence in the past continuous tense:
a) playing / They / were / soccer. = They were playing soccer
b) were / shopping / I / when / saw / you = I was saw when you were shopping.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets (past
continuous):
a) We wew having (have) dinner when the power went out.
b) What were you doing (you do) at 9 PM last night?
c) They were dancing (dance) when the music suddenly stopped.
Rewrite the sentences in the past continuous tense:
a) The children play in the garden = The children were playing in the garden,
b) I watch a movie with my friends. = I was watching a movie with my friends.
c) She talks to her mother on the phone = She was talking to her mother on the
phone.
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence:
a) While I ______________ (study), my sister was watching TV.
i) studied
ii) was studying
b) What ______________ (you wear) when you saw him?
i) did you wear
ii) were you wearing
Write questions for the given answers using the past continuous tense:
a) Answer: They were swimming in the pool.
b) Question: Where were they swimming? (Where/they/swim)?
c) b) Answer: He was playing the guitar
d) .Question: What was he playing? (What/he/play)?
Rearrange the words to form a sentence in the past continuous tense:
a) rain / It / heavily / was / when / we / left. = It was raining when we left.
b) studying / They / were / at / the / library / last night = They were studying at
the library last night.