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Past Continuous Mixed Exercise 2

This past continuous tense (sometimes called the past progressive) exercise includes the positive, negative and
question forms.

Click here to review how to make the past continuous.

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Past Continuous - Mixed Exercise 2

Make the correct form of the past continuous

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1) (when / he / work there)?
When was he working th

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2) (you / make dinner)?
Were you making dinner

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3) (they / drink coffee when you arrived)?
Were they drinking coffe

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4) (when / we / sleep)?
When were we sleeping?

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5) (they / study last night)
They were studying last

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6) (we / talk when the accident happened)
We were talking when th

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7) (he / not / exercise enough)
He wasn't exercising eno

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8) (I / talk too much)?
Was I talking too much?

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9) (it / not / snow)
It wasn't snowing.

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SHOW

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10) (how / they / feel)?
How were they feeling?

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11) (they / not / talk)
They weren't talking.

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12) (where / I / stay)?
Where was I staying?

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13) (why / he / study on a Saturday night)?
Why was he studying on

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SHOW

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14) (I / go to school when you saw me)
I was going to school wh

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15) (you / sleep at 6am)
You were sleeping at 6a

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16) (she / work when I called)
She was working when I

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17) (we / not / leave when you called)
We weren't leaving when

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SHOW

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18) (I / not / stay in a hotel)
I wasn't staying in a hote

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19) (we / make too much noise)?
Were we making too mu

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20) (they / take the exam)?
Were they taking the exa

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SHOW

Try some more exercises about the past continuous here:

Exercise 1 (positive and negative)

Exercise 2 (questions)
Excerise 3 (mixed)

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