Worksheet #1.

CONTINUOUS TENSE.

Fill in the blanks with the verb to be and past continuous and form of the verbs given in
brackets.

The children ____ hide and seek in the park. (play)

They ____ to the movies. (go)

I ___ the book you gave me on my birthday. (read)

Winnie _____ her new dress. (stitch)

The dogs ____ all night. (bark)

Ron ___ his room when he heard the noise. (clean)

It ___ darker with each passing moment. (get)

The gardener ____ the lawn. (water)

The army ___ to Ladakh when the enemy attacked them. (go)

My sister ____ a Royal Enfield yesterday. (ride)

The students ____ on their assignments. (work)

That boy ____ in class. (dance)

The kid ____ television all evening. (watch)

The girl ____ to rock music. (listen)

The birds ____ in the sky. (fly)

Read the following sentences and change them into the past continuous tense.

Raj drinks coffee.

Sweta is singing her favourite song.

Siraj left home.

My friends played on the field.

I will be going to France.

The boy cried all night.

The cat ran in the streets.

I performed at the school function.

The parrot talked7 back.

Tia will visit her granny

Rearrange the sentences, pay attention to capital letters and punctuation marks.

1. I / not /be / will / studying. ________________________________________________

2. She / writing / will / a poem. /be ____________________________________________

3. was /be/ He / soccer. / playing _____________________________________________

4. cooking/ My mother / the dinner. / will ____________________________________

5. Tobito / reading / comics./be / will _________________________________________

6. be/ speaking / will/ Nery / english. _________________________________________

7. be/last day. / I / playing / will / poker _______________________________________

8. He / eating /will/be / fish. ________________________________________________

9. calling / will/be/ you / father / ? ____________________________________________

10. Lisa / waking /will/ in the park./be/ ___________________________________________