PAST CONTINUOUS
I. Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).
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 …………………………………………………. (practise) the guitar when he came home.
5. We …………………………………………………………………………… (not / cycle) all day.
6. While Aaron ………………………….……….. (work) in his room, his friends ……….. (swim) in the pool.
7. I tried to tell them the truth but they ……………………………………….(listen / not) .
8. What ……………………………………………………………………….(you / do) yesterday? Most of the time we
…………………………………………………………….(sit) in the park.
9. I ……………………………. (listen) to the radio while my sister ………………(watch) TV.
10. When I arrived, they ……………………………………………………………(play) cards.
11. We …………………………………………………(study) English yesterday at 4:00 pm .
II. Write correct sentences:
Yesterday at 6 pm your family were doing different things. Write positive sentences in past continuous/progressive.
1. My mother / read / a novel→
2. My father / watch / a movie→
3. My elder sister / writing / in her diary→
4. My two brothers / listen / to the radio→
5. My little sister and I / not / watch / a movie→
6. We / talk / about school→
III. Past Progressive - Use the past progressive to complete the sentences.
1. They cards. (play) →
2. I the floor. (sweep) →
3. Sam the newspaper. (read) →
4. A lot of children at the station. (wait) →
5. Mum in her office. (work) →
6. He to school. (walk) →
7. When they looked at her, she. (smile) →
8. We outside when it started to rain. (play) →
9. The boys their favourite TV series. (watch) →
10. I yesterday afternoon. (work) →
11. Tim and Maggie in the sun. (sit) →
12. in the sea? (you swim) →
13. They their house. (decorate) →
14. Nora leaflets. (hand out) →
15. on the beach? (he relax) →
TEST -
I. Form sentences in the past progressive with the words given.
1. Peter / work - on the computer. →
2. The children / play - in the park. →
3. I / watch - my favourite sitcom. →
4. My parents / read - the paper. →
5. We / enjoy - a nice day at the beach. →
6. Dana / help - her friends. →
7. The girls / wait - for the bus. →
8. She / clean - her room. →
II. Special spelling - write down the past progressive of the verbs in brackets.
1. They in the sea. (swim) →
2. The girls on the beach. (lie) →
3. We a trip in the mountains. (plan) →
4. The sun the whole day. (shine) →
5. The children each other. (hit) →
6. My parents at the wedding. (dance) →
7. She a pullover. (knit) →
8. Tim and Samuel around the lake. (run) →
III. Form questions in the past progressive with the following words.
1. you / do / what / last weekend - ? →
2. stay / he / in Montreal / how long - ? →
3. dinner / they / have / together - ? →
4. the boys / where / play football - ? →
5. for the test / your sister / study - ? →
IV. Put the verbs into the negation. Use short forms.
1. He …………………………….…at the concert last week. (sing)
2. We……………………………………….. for her yesterday. (wait)
3. They ………………………….……for their guitar lesson. (practice)
4. Daniel …………………………………………………..the book. (read.
5. I …………………………..…………….my car last weekend. (clean)
V. Past simple or past progressive - complete with the correct tense.
1. They lunch when he home. (have / come)
2. While we dinner, she her homework. (prepare / do)
3. Bob the fence when it to rain. (paint / begin)
4. They the party because they tired. (leave / feel)
5. I in the middle of the night because the baby . (wake up / cry)
