THINK
2ND EDITION
Name ______________________ Class ______________________
1 Choose the correct word.
0 I was / were playing the piano.
1 We wasn’t / weren’t studying.
2 Was / Were you listening to music?
3 What was / were you doing last night?
4 He wasn’t / weren’t sleeping.
5 They wasn’t / weren’t watching the TV.
6 Denny was / were playing football.
7 Was / were Marta and Alice speaking Spanish?
2 Complete the sentences with verbs in the past
continuous affirmative.
0 I was studying (study) in the library.
1 They ___________ (play) video games.
2 You ___________ (clean) the house.
3 It ___________ (snow).
4 We ___________ (have) lunch.
5 She ___________ (wear) jeans yesterday.
6 He ____________ (watch) TV.
7 I ______________ (sleep).
3 Complete the sentences with verb in the past
continuous negative.
0 I wasn’t walking (not walk) to school.
1 It ___________ (not rain) last weekend.
2 We ___________ (not listen to) music.
3 She ___________ (not wait) for her brother.
4 They ___________ (not eat) pizzas.
5 You ___________ (not paint) your bedroom.
6 He____________ (not laugh) at the joke.
7 I___________ (not do) the washing up.
THINK 2nd Edition Level 1 Grammar 8 Basic
LEVEL 1
GRAMMAR 8 BASIC
Date ______________________
4 Write questions in the past continuous.
0 What was I saying? (say)
1 What _____he___________? (do)
2 Where ____they____________? (stay)
3 Who _________she_______ to? (talk)
4 What _________you_______? (make)
5 How long ______we__________? (wait)
5 Choose the correct work
0 I was running when / while it started to rain.
1 When / While I was reading the newspaper, dad
arrived home.
2 While / When I was waiting for the bus, I saw a Ferrari.
3 We screamed when / while the pop star walked past.
4 I was talking when / while the teacher entered the
room.
5 My dog jumped out of the bath while / when I was
trying to wash him.
6 Complete the sentences with past simple or
past continuous.
0 I was walking (walk) in the park when a ball hit me.
1 They were taking photos when they ___________
(see) a bear.
2 While he was running, his keys ___________ (fall) out
of his pocket.
3 I dreamt about winning the lottery while I
____________ (sleep).
4 Jared ___________ (laugh) when I entered the room.
5 While Geoff and David ___________ (surf), a shark
swam past them.
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2ND EDITION
GRAMMAR 8 BASIC
Name ______________________ Class ______________________ Date ______________________

Answer Key
1 4

1. weren’t 1. was, doing

2. Were 2. were, staying
3. were 3. was, talking
4. wasn’t 4. were, making
5. weren’t 5. were, waiting
6. was
7. Were 5

1. While
2 2. While
3. when
1. were playing 4. when
2. were cleaning 5. while
3. was snowing
4. were having 6
5. was wearing
6. was watching 1. saw
7. was sleeping 2. fell
3. was sleeping
4. was laughing
3 5. were surfing
1. wasn’t raining
2. weren’t listening to
3. wasn’t waiting
4. weren’t eating
5. weren’t painting
6. wasn’t laughing
7. wasn’t doing

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