Past Continuous

Name: Result: __/20 Date: __/__/20__

1. He _______________ on a new phase of life. (enter)

2. ___________________ her whole inner life to be shaken, dissolved by the

passing admiration of a flirt? (she/allow/?)

3. Jason _________________ for that. (not/wait)

4. She ______________ when she wrote it. (weep)

5. Mother ______________ about it this morning. (talk)

6. He ___________________ of that picture, but of his life. (not/think)

7. She said she ______________ for you. (look)

8. His lean face __________________ now. (not/smile)

9. Famine ______________ among them with a stern face. (sit)

10. But I ___________________ about him when I spoke. (not/think)

11. He knew that they two __________________ together. (not/live)

12. He had to assure himself that he ___________________. (not/dream)

13. _________________ this step out of pique? (she/take/?)

14. But __________________________ at now? (what/they/scold/?)

15. ______________________ in the grip of it again, that strong need of the

human, however resolute, for sympathy, for companionship, for
understanding? (why/he/hover/?)

16. They said that they _________________ for amusement. (travel)

17. A crowd ________________ to collect about them. (begin)

18. His limbs _________________ with nervous apprehension. (tremble)

19. I ____________ back to find you. (go)

20. Mark you, I _________________ a bit frightened then. (not/feel)