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Past Continuous

The document provides an exercise on using verbs in the past continuous tense. It includes examples of filling in blanks with verbs in the past continuous form. It then provides a second exercise where students fill in blanks using verbs in both the past continuous and past simple tenses to describe two actions happening simultaneously or one action interrupting another. The purpose is to practice using verbs in the past continuous tense to describe ongoing actions and combining it with the past simple tense.

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Past Continuous

The document provides an exercise on using verbs in the past continuous tense. It includes examples of filling in blanks with verbs in the past continuous form. It then provides a second exercise where students fill in blanks using verbs in both the past continuous and past simple tenses to describe two actions happening simultaneously or one action interrupting another. The purpose is to practice using verbs in the past continuous tense to describe ongoing actions and combining it with the past simple tense.

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The Past Continuous Exercise

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + VERB + ING


I was sleeping

A Fill the gaps using the verb in brackets in the past continuous tense.

1 I ................................ letters all day yesterday. (write)

2 You ................................ very slow about it. (be)

3 You ................................ on the phone for hours and hours. (talk)

4 They ................................ much business before lunch. (do NEGATIVE)


5 She ................................ to me all week. Silly cow. (speak NEGATIVE)

6 It ................................ for long. (rain NEGATIVE)


7 What ................................ you ................................ when I phoned yesterday? (do)

8 ................................ you ................................ TV when it happened? (watch)

9 What ................................ you ................................ at the party? (wear)

10 He ................................ horrible to everyone, the nasty pig! (be)

11 I ................................ computer games all morning. (play)

12 We ................................ all afternoon in the library. (revise)

What you were doing when... something suddenly happened!


Past continuous  Past simple

B Fill the gaps using the verb in brackets in the past continuous and past simple.

1 I ................................ (watch) TV when a bird ................................ into the window. (fly)


2 The Prime Minister ................................ (relax) on holiday while the country ................................ in crisis. (be)

3 Collin ................................ (have) a shower when Angelina ................................ on the door. (knock)

4 We ................................ (have) a coffee when we ................................ the news on the radio. (hear)
5 The riots ................................ (start) when the President ................................ the country. (visit)

6 Frank ................................ (pick) his nose when the accident ................................ . (happen)

7 The earthquake ................................ (begin) when we ................................ chess. (play

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