Past Continuous Tense

1.Add ING to the verbs:

play ____________ go ____________ wash ____________ teach ____________ drive ____________

carry ____________ fly ____________ start ____________ help ____________ kiss ____________
watch ____________ tidy ____________ like ____________ enjoy ____________ cry ____________
mix ____________ have ____________ do ____________ eat ______________ break____________
sit _____________ spend ___________ be ___________ go _____________ begin __________
take ___________ leave ____________ see _________ drive _____________ eat_____________
build __________ grow _____________ speak_________ go_____________ fight_____________
read __________ forgive ___________ feel _________ cut_________________ pay_____________
write_____________ say _____________
2. Complete the following sentences using present continuous tense.

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 Alan_________________________ (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.
10. I _________________________ (listen) to the radio while my sister_________________________ (watch)
TV.
11. When I arrived, They_________________________ (play) cards.
12. We_________________________ (study) English yesterday at 4:00 pm .

3. Put the sentences in different forms:

1. John was getting up all morning long.

Interrogative:
Negative:

2. They were going to the park three times last Saturdays.

Interrogative:
Negative:

3. As your brother playing video games last evening?

Positive:
Negative:

4. Past Simple or Past Continuous:

a)

I ____________________(hear) a terrible explosion while I ____________________ (walk) into my office

on the 24th floor of the north tower, so I ____________________(look) out of the window. Lots of paper
____________________(fall) from the sky. There was an announcement to evacuate the building and as
we ____________________(go) down, we ____________________(see) some fire-fighters who
____________________ (run) up the stairs. When we ____________________ (get) to the ground floor,
we __________________(run) as fast as we could, and after 10 minutes we __________________(stop)
to rest in a small park.

b)
1. They ____________________(have) tea when the doorbell ____________________ (ring).
2. Father ____________________ (smoke) his pipe while mother ____________________ (read) a
magazine.
3. While he ___________________ (mow) the lawn, it ____________________(start) to rain.
4. He ____________________(have) breakfast when the toaster ____________________ (blow) up.
5. When I ____________________ (come) into the office, my boss ____________________ (wait) for
me.
6. When we ____________________(see) Brian, he ___________________ (drive) a taxi.
7. Father ____________________ (wait) in the car while mother ____________________(do) the
shopping.
8. When he ____________________(arrive), we ____________________(have) dinner.
9. While they ____________________ (play) chess, we ____________________(go) shopping.
10. They ____________________ (have) a party while he ____________________ (sleep).
11. He ____________________ (take) a photo when I ____________________ (feed) the ducks.
12. They ________________ (play) football when the lights in the stadium _________________ (go) out.
13. While George and John ____________________ (clean) their room, she ___________________ (do)
the ironing.
14. Sam ____________________ (do) the ironing when Jack ____________________ (phone) her.
15. We ____________________ (wait) at Victoria station when the train ___________________ (arrive).