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Past Continuous

The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It provides examples of forming the past continuous with subjects and verbs, including filling in blanks with "was" or "were". It also gives examples of changing verbs to the "-ing" form and forming negative sentences. There are exercises involving transforming phrases into full sentences in the past continuous and identifying the correct form of verbs between the past continuous and simple past tenses.

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Past Continuous

The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It provides examples of forming the past continuous with subjects and verbs, including filling in blanks with "was" or "were". It also gives examples of changing verbs to the "-ing" form and forming negative sentences. There are exercises involving transforming phrases into full sentences in the past continuous and identifying the correct form of verbs between the past continuous and simple past tenses.

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Formation of the Past Continuous: Subject + was/were + verb with “ing”

Task 1. Fill in the blanks with “was” or “were”


1. You ___________ talking in your sleep! 6. ____________ it raining last night?

2. He ____________ eating with his fingers! 7. We ____________ having a great time.

3. They ______________ shouting “Hooray!” 8. Susan and Joanne ____________ talking all night.

4. I __________ wondering if I could borrow this. 9. Who ______________ singing in the bathroom?

5. What ____________ you doing yesterday? 10. Why _____________ she crying?

Task 2. Negative form. Fill in the blanks with “wasn’t” or “weren’t”


1. Sorry. I ___________ listening. 6. Mark and I ______________ running in the hall!

2. They _____________ enjoying themselves much. 7. Please. I _________________ staring at you.

3. I ___________ snoring. I was just breathing loud. 8. She ________________ wearing your hat. It was mine.

4. Why __________ he reading during Silent Reading? 9. Of course I __________ checking my Facebook account.

5. We checked and the pipes ____________ leaking. 10. No, we ____________________ laughing just now.

Task 3. ING form. Just add “-ing” except where you need to drop the final “e” or add a double consonant (“jogging”)
1. My brother was ________________(drive) me mad. 6. The girls were ___________________ (do) sit-ups.

2. She was_____________ (tap) her foot incessantly. 7. They were __________________ (swim) in a river.

3. Why were you ___________________ (run)? 8. We were all ________________ (sneeze) and coughing.

4. They weren’t __________________ (wear) uniforms. 9. He wasn’t ____________________ (look) at you.

5. Why was the teacher ___________________ (shout)? 10. Jan was ___________________ (text) while driving.

Task 4. Make sentences from the cues.


Example: John / talk / during class. John was talking during class.

1 We / think / about recycling ________________________________________________________________________

2 They / not / sing / at the concert_____________________________________________________________________

3 I / not / pay / attention____________________________________________________________________________

4 Why / not / watch / the movie ? _____________________________________________________________________

5 Who / clap / at the end ? __________________________________________________________________________

Task 5. The past continuous indicates an ongoing activity while the simple past indicates a finished action. Look and circle the
correct form of the verb.

1. I was reading / read a book when my mother was coming / came in.

2. He was taking / took a shower when the lights went / were going off.

3. The rain started / was starting to fall while we walked / were walking in the park.

4. We were eating / ate our dinner when someone knocked / was knocking on the door.

5. They were walking / walked to school when suddenly they saw / were seeing an unusual light.

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