The Past Continuous Tense (Practice)
The Past Continuous Tense (Practice)
I. Unscramble the jumbled words to form correct past continuous sentences.
1. reading / she / book / a / was / at 5 PM.
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2. they / playing / not / were / football / yesterday.
__________________________________________________________________________3. you / doing / were / what / night / last / ?
__________________________________________________________________________4. sleeping / not / was / baby / the.
__________________________________________________________________________5. dinner / cooking / was / he / when / I / arrived.
__________________________________________________________________________6. watching / were / you / TV / ?
__________________________________________________________________________7. walking / we / in / park / the / were.
__________________________________________________________________________8. raining / it / was / morning / all.
__________________________________________________________________________9. listening / teacher / students / the / to / weren't / the.
__________________________________________________________________________10. driving / fast / she / was / ?
__________________________________________________________________________11. working / office / I / in / the / was.
__________________________________________________________________________12. waiting / friends / my / for / me / were.
__________________________________________________________________________13. wearing / coat / he / was / a / ?
__________________________________________________________________________14. shining / sun / was / the.
__________________________________________________________________________15. arguing / they / were / why / ?
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II. Find the error in each sentence and rewrite it correctly.
1. She were studying for her exam all evening.
2. What you were doing at midnight?
3. He wasn't listen to the music.
4. They was playing tennis in the rain.
5. Was it rain when you left?
6. I weren't sleeping when you called.
7. Where was you going yesterday?
8. The dogs was barking loudly.
9. She were not wearing a jacket.
10. Why you were crying?
11. We is having dinner at 8 PM.
12. He were fixing his car.
13. Was she cook dinner?
14. They weren't work on Sunday.
15. Who was you talking to?
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III. Fill in the blanks with the correct past continuous form of the verb in parentheses (positive, negative, or question).
1. I _______________ (watch) TV when the lights went out.
2. _______________ they _______________ (sleep) when you entered the room?
3. She _______________ (not work) yesterday afternoon; she was on leave.
4. What _______________ you _______________ (do) at 8 PM last night?
5. The children _______________ (play) in the yard while it _______________ (snow). 6. _______________ he _______________ (wear) a suit to the meeting?
7. We _______________ (not listen) to the radio; we were talking.
8. It _______________ (rain) heavily when we stepped outside.
9. Why _______________ she _______________ (cry) earlier?
10. My brother _______________ (read) a novel while I _______________ (cook).
11. You _______________ (not pay) attention during the lecture.
12. _______________ the dog _______________ (bark) at the postman?
13. They _______________ (travel) across Europe last summer.
14. He _______________ (not wear) his glasses, so he didn't recognize me.
15. Who _______________ you _______________ (wait) for outside the station?
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IV. Combine the two sentences into one using when or while, putting one clause in the Past Continuous and the other in the Simple Past.
1. I was walking home. / It started to rain.
2. She was cooking dinner. / The doorbell rang.
3. They were playing football. / The ball hit the window.
4. He was reading a book. / His phone rang.
5. We were sleeping. / The fire alarm went off.
6. The sun was shining. / We arrived at the beach.
7. I was taking a shower. / Someone knocked on the door.
8. She was driving to work. / She saw an accident.
9. The kids were making noise. / The teacher entered the classroom.
10. He was eating breakfast. / He choked on a piece of toast.
11. They were walking in the woods. / They saw a deer.
12. I was working on my computer. / The power went out.
13. She was shopping at the mall. / She lost her wallet.
14. The birds were singing. / I woke up.
15. He was washing his car. / It started to hail.
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