pastcontinuous

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?
9. Most of the time we (sit)  in the park.

Make the positive past continuous:

 1. (Julie / sleep at three o’clock) 

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2. (you / study at three o’clock) __________________________________________________________________

 3. (Luke / read at three o’clock) __________________________________________________________________ 

4. (I / work at three o’clock) __________________________________________________________________ 

5. (they / eat chocolate at three o’clock) __________________________________________________________________ 

6. (John / play tennis at three o’clock) __________________________________________________________________ 

7. (we / watch TV at three o’clock) __________________________________________________________________ 

8. (he / use the Internet at three o’clock) __________________________________________________________________ 

9. (you / cook lunch at three o’clock) __________________________________________________________________ 

10. (we / travel to London at three o’clock) _________________________________________________________________

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 (practice)  the guitar when he came home.
5. We (not / cycle)  all day.
6. While Alan (work)  in his room, his friends (swim)  in the pool.
7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (not / listen )  .
8. What (you / do)  yesterday?
9. Most of the time we (sit)  in the park.
10. I (listen)  to the radio while my sister (watch)  TV.
11. When I arrived, They (play)  cards.
12. We (study)  English yesterday at 4:00 pm .

Choose the correct verb forms. Use Simple Past or the Past Progressive.

1. We      sat  was sitting  were sitting    at the breakfast table when the doorbell      rang  was ringing  were ringing   .
2. He      met  was meeting  were meeting    a lot of friendly people while he      worked  was working  were working    in California.
3. When they      left  was leaving  were leaving    the museum, the sun      shone  was shining  were shining   .
4. The students      played  was playing  were playing    cards when the teacher      came  was coming  were coming    in.
5. While the children      slept  was sleeping  were sleeping   , their parents      watched  was watching  were watching    TV.
6. It      started  was starting  were starting    to rain while she      watered  was watering  were watering    the flowers in her garden.
7. When I      opened  was opening  were opening    the door, it      rained  was raining  were raining   .
8. While Henry      had  was having  were having    a drink at the bar, his wife      swam  was swimming  were swimming    in the sea.
9. He      heard  was hearing  were hearing    a loud bang while he      talked  was talking  were talking    to his friend.
10. While he      took  was taking  were taking    a shower, his dogs      ate  was eating  were eating    his steaks.