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I Was Sleeping: The Past Continuous Exercise

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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  D  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) 
07  The earthquake ................................ (begin) when we ................................ chess. (play)

www.autoenglish.org  Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2007 

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