Past continuous

1 The phone rang while I _____ breakfast.

2 It ___ dark when I left them at home.
3 He didn't steal anything because I ___ at him.
4 Tom didn't ride his bike to school yesterday because he___bad.
5 They ____ (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock
6What _______ he _____ __(watch) on television when you arrived?
7Howard _______ (like) the movie.
8My parents ______ (work) when I came home.
9 I ________ (watch) TV when the phone ________ (ring).
10They ________ (play) soccer while it ________ (rain).
11She ________ (cook) dinner while he ________ (study).
12We ________ (walk) in the park when it ________ (start) to snow.
13He ________ (read) a book while his friend ________ (listen) to music.
Write the following sentences in the interrogative form

1They were playing basketball in the park.

2She was reading a book at the library.

3We were listening to music in the car.

4He was cooking dinner in the kitchen.

5The students were studying for the exam.

Describe the following sentences in the negative form

1 I was listening to music while he was dancing.

2 They were talking on the phone when the power went out.

3 She was reading a book while her sister was watching TV.

4 We were playing soccer when it started to rain.

5 He was cooking dinner while his friends were chatting.

Past Perfect
1 I _______(be) at home all day. I had to get out and go for a walk.

2 She _______ (teach) Shakespeare before.

3 ________ you _________(eat) breakfast when you left the house?

4 We _______(not/finish) the document when the computer crashed.

5 When I arrived at the cinema, the film (start)

6 If you (listen)_________ to me, you would have done a better exam

7 We (meet)_____them somewhere before that day.

8 My daughter said to me that she (study)______ very hard for this exam.

7 The forest burnt easily because it (not rain)_________ during the winter.

8 She __________ (not have) dinner before she went to the party.

9 They ___________ (not finish) their homework before the teacher arrived.
10We ______________ (not visit) that city before we moved to the new country

Describe the following sentences in the negative form

1They had already left when we arrived.

2She had finished her work before the deadline.

3We had visited that museum before it closed down.

4He had read the book before the movie was released.

5I had seen that show before it got canceled.

Describe the following sentences in the Informative form

1 They had already left when we arrived.

2 She had finished her work before the deadline.

3 We had visited that museum before it closed down.

4 He had read the book before the movie was released.

5 I had seen that show before it got canceled.

Past perfect continuous
1_________ you _____________ (research) the problem for long when you found
the solution?
2 Adam and Natalie ___________ (know) each other for years when they started
dating.
3 I needed a change. I _________(live) in New York for a long time.
4 Sally ________(work) as a waitress for 5 years when she went back to university.
5 __________ Toni and Julie _____ ____(date) long when they broke up?
6 She ____________ (study) all day before she took the exam.
7 They _____________ (work) on the project for weeks before they submitted it.
8We ________________ (wait) for hours before the bus finally arrived.
9 He ________________ (practice) the piano for months before the concert.
10 I _____________ (work) in the garden all morning before it started raining.
11 She _______________ (not study) all day before she took the exam.
12They _____________ (not work) on the project for weeks before they submitted it.
13We ________ _______(not wait) for hours before the bus finally arrived.
14He _________________ (not practice) the piano for months before the concert.
15I ______________ (not work) in the garden all morning before it started raining.

1She had been studying all day before she took the exam.

2They had been working on the project for weeks before they submitted it.

3 We had been waiting for hours before the bus finally arrived.

4He had been practicing the piano for months before the concert.

5I had been working in the garden all morning before it started raining.