Past+Continuous.+Exercises

__1. Please put the verbs into the correct form__

1. When I phoned my friends, they (play)......................................... Monopoly. 2. Yesterday at six I (prepare)........................................................... dinner. 3. The kids (play)..................................................... in the garden when it suddenly began to rain. 4. I (practice)............................................................ the guitar when he came home. 5. We (not cycle)...................................................... all day. 6. While Aaron (work)........................................ in his room, his friends (swim).......................... in the pool. 7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (not listen)....................................... 8. What (you / do).............................................. yesterday? 9. Most of the time we (sit)................................... in the park.

__ 2. Questions. You want to know what were the following people doing at a certain time in the past. Write questions in Past continuous. __

1. Rachel / feed / the cat 2. Clark / repair / his computer 3. Hazel / swim / in the pool 4. Lucas / have / a shower 5. Jason and Aaron / run / down the street 6. Betty / do / her homework 7. Cindy and James / make / dinner 8. Rebecca / watch / Star Trek 9. Anita and Linda / sit / in the kitchen

__ 3. Please look at the picture and describe what was everybody (or everything) doing in that moment. Use Past continuous and make a sentence for each person / animal / weather situation. __



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