PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST CONTINUOUS

1.- USE THE VERB TO BE IN PAST

     1) I (be) ________ tired yesterday.

     2) You (be) ________ happy yesterday.

     3) We (be) ________ sad yesterday.

     4) They (be) ________ busy yesterday.

     5) He (be) ________ angry yesterday.

     6) She (be) ________ sleepy yesterday.

     7) It (be) ________ cold yesterday.

     8) The party (be) ________ fun last weekend.

     9) They (be) ________ watching a movie when Ernesto called. They (be, not)

         ________ watching TV.

   10) Jessie (be) ________ tired. So, he went to sleep.

   11) When she was a little girl, Margo (be) ________ very good at tennis. She

         practiced every day.

   12) My friends and I (be) ________ studying English last night.

   13) Kendra (be) ________ in my sixth grade English class. We (be) ________ good

         friends before she moved away.

   14) The movie (be) ________ really boring. It (be, not) ________ entertaining. We

         stopped watching it before it was over.

   15) After playing outside, my dog (be) ________ very dirty. She came into the house

         and ran into my room. It (be) ________ such a mess!

   16) I (be, not) ________ eating a sandwich when you called. I (be) ________ eating a

         salad.

    17) The students (be, not) ________ ready to take the test. They needed to study

          more

2.- ADD –ING TO NEXT VERBS

     1) Shave

      2) Comb

      3) Make

      4) Feed

      5) Do

      6) Empty

      7) Jog

      8) Take

      9) Vacuum

    10) Go

    11) Sleep

    12) Wax

    13) Change

    14) Fry

    15) Get

    16) Hope

    17) Jump

    18) Joke

    19) Marry

    20) Jump

    21) Say

    22) Talk

    23) Stop

    24) Type

    25) Use

    26) Worry

    27) Look

    28) Bat

    29) Dance

    30) Hurry

    31) Save

    32) Tap

    33) Carry

    34) Buy

    35) Sew

    36) Eat

    37) Write

    38) Dream

    39) Cut

    40) Roar

    41) Snap

    42) Dig

    43) Bury

    44) See

    45) Skate

3.- WRITE THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN PAST CONTINUOUS

     1) He ___________________________ all day yesterday. (rest)
     2) We ___________________________  through the window when mother came in.

         (look)
     3) She ___________________________ a newspaper when I entered. (read)
     4) I ___________________________ to her but she. didn't hear me. (speak)
     5) I didn't go for a walk because it ___________________________. (rain)
     6) When you telephoned I ___________________________ my room. (sweep)
     7) They ___________________________ with John's wife when I came in. (talk)
     8) While we ___________________________ we heard a shot. (play)
    9) She ___________________________ along the embankment when I met her

        yesterday. (walk)
  10) We ___________________________ home when, it started to snow. (go)
  11) I ___________________________ very hard when he called. (study)
  12) She ___________________________ when his friend arrived. (sleep)
  13) They ___________________________ to the lecture when the light went off.

        (listen)
  14) She still ___________________________ when we returned home. (work)
  15) When he ___________________________ his garden he found a silver coin. (dig)

4.- PUT NEXT SENTENCES IN PAST CONTINUOUS NEGATIVE

1)    Sarah and Luke / not / work ==

2)    Mister Miller / not / teach /  chemistry ==

3)    Barry / not / drive / a lorry ==

4)    Mandy / not / have / lunch ==

5)    Albert / not / play / tennis ==

6)    Taylor and Bob / not / cycle / home ==

7)    Annie / not / clean / the table ==

8)    Benjamin / not / write / an e-mail ==

9)    Jane / not / exercise / in the gym ==

10) Robert / not / buy / flowers ==

5.- PUT NEXT SENTENCES IN INTERROGATIVE

1)    Rachel / feed / the cat

2)    the children / paint / a picture

3)    Clark / repair / his computer

4)    Hazel / swim / in the pool

5)    Lucas / have / a showe

6)    Jason and Aron / run / down the street

7)    Betty / do / her homework

8)    Cindy and James / make / dinner

9)    Rebecca / watch / Star Trek

10) Anita and Linda / sit / in the kitchen 

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

When I _______ the exercise I _____at the pictures.

was starting	were starting	started
was  looking	were looking	looked

While I ________ the exercise I______ at my worksheet.

was doing	were doing	did
was looking	were looking	looked

While I _____the exercise I ______ my brain a lot.

was doing	were doing	did
was using	were using	used

In the exercise there ___ a picture of three doctors who __ .

was being	were being	was
was singing	were singing	sang

And a picture of Bill Gates who _______________ a plane.

was flying

were flying

flew

Past simple, past continuous exercise 1

1.    When I (do)_____________the washing-up, I (break) _____________ a plate.

2.    While Tom (play) _____________the piano, his mother (do) _____________ the washing-up.

3.    He (drink) _____________some juice and then he (eat) _____________a few chips.

4.    I (have) _____________dinner when I suddenly (hear) _____________a loud bang.

5.    When my father (work) _____________in the garden, an old friend (pass) _____________by to see him.

6.    She (go) _____________to school, (take) _____________out her textbook and (begin) _____________to read.

7.    When it (start) _____________to rain, our dog (want) _____________to come inside.

8.    When Jane (do) _____________a language course in Ireland, she (visit) _____________Blarney Castle.

9.    When I (be) _____________on my way home, I (see) _____________an accident.

10. I (not / understand) _____________what they (talk) _____________about.

Past simple, past continuous exercise 2

1.    When I (get) ____________ up yesterday, the sun (shine) ____________ .

2.    It (is) ____________  a beautiful morning.

3.    So I (decide) ____________  to cycle around a little.

4.    I (go) ____________  to the shed and (take) ____________  out my bike.

5.    While I (cycle) ____________  past some villages, I (see) ____________ some people in their gardens.

6.    One man (mow) ____________  the grass while his wife (pick) ____________  strawberries.

7.    After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud suddenly (appear) ____________  and it (start) ____________  to rain.

8.    Luckily, a farmer (notice) ____________  me and (tell) ____________  me to come in.

9.    While it (rain) ____________  outside, I (sit) ____________ in the farmer's house.

10. After a while, the sun (come) ____________  out again.

11. I (thank) ____________ the farmer for his hospitality and (move) ____________  on.

5.- USE PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS

     1) We ___________________________ (play) volleyball with Mary, when you

           ___________________________(call) me.

     2) When the teacher ___________________________(come) in, they

          ___________________________ (study) English.

     3) The baby ___________________________ (sleep) when the telephone

          ___________________________(ring).

     4) As I ___________________________ (walk) in the streets of Holland, I

         ___________________________ (meet) an old friend of mine.

     5) I ___________________________ (lose) my car keys.

     6) I was looking for my purse when I ___________________________ (drop) my credit

          card.

     7) My uncle ___________________________ (take) me to the airport yesterday.

     8) She ___________________________ (dance) when she hurt her ankle.

     9) It ___________________________ (rain) heavily when I got up.

   10) I ___________________________ (see) the thief while he

         ___________________________ (get) into my neighbour’s house.