Some exercises to be done on the grammar
theme The Past Continuous Tense.
Exercise 1. Read the following sentences
and make them negative.
1. Akbota
was drawing pictures.
2. Saule
and Didar were looking out of the window.
3. Kamshat
was reading a book.
4. The
pupils of our class were writing on the board.
5. My
son was playing football.
6. The
girls were listening to music.
Exercise 2. Use the prompts to make
questions.
1. Tim/
draw/ pictures.- Was Tim drawing pictures?
2. The
boys/ play/ chess.
3. My
mother/ clean/ the house.
4. The
teacher/ translate/ the text.
5. The
monitor of the class/ read/ magazines.
Exercise 3. Read the answers. Write a
question for each answer.
1. Were
you working last night?-Last night? No, I wasn’t working last night.
2. Was………………………-
Yes, that’s right. Tim was waiting at the bus-stop.
3. Was………………………-
No, Mary wasn’t talking.
4. Was………………………-Yes,
that’s right. My cousin was wearing jeans.
5. Were……………………..-Yes,
Ali and Mehmet were playing football.
6. Was………………………-Raining?
Yes, it was.
Exercise 4.Complete the sentences with The
Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1. (you,
play) were you playing tennis with Paolo yesterday?
2. (Mary,
have) …………………………. Lunch at one o’clock.
3. (we,
watch)…………………………….basketball all day.
4. Who
(you, dance)……………………..with at the party last night?
5. (Some
of the boys, look)……………………………out of the train’s window.
6. (I,
walk)………………………………home in the rain.
Exercise 5. Think about grammar. Are the
sentences true or false?
1. Past
Simple always ends in –ed.
2. Past
Continuous questions never use did.
3. Did
is for negative sentences only.
Exercise 6. Read the paragraph. Choose the
most suitable word for each space.
Last week my friend Sandy and I (1) A to
go to the beach on the bus.While we (2)… for the bus, it suddenly (3)… to rain.
We (4) … summer clothes, and we (5)… un umbrella. While we (6)… there in the
rain, Sandy’s mother (7)… past, so we (8)… to her. Luckily, she (9)… us, and
(10)… us home in the car.
A decided B was C
were deciding
A were waiting B
waiting C was waiting
A start B was
starting C were wearing
A was wearing B wore C
were wearing
A weren’t having B had C
did not have
A stood B were standing
C standed
A drived B driving C
drove
A were waving B waved C
was waving
A noticing B noticed C
did not notice
A took B take C
taked
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