Exercise: PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE 1

level: Beginner (A1/A2)

Write the correct response to complete each of the following sentences.
Example: The police officers were eating (eat) donuts.

1. The children outside. (play)

2. The dog at us. (bark)

3. My teacher the exercise to me. (explain)

4. I to a podcast. (listen)

5. Those people towards the library. (walk)

6. The cook a tasty meal. (prepare)

7. I to fix my computer. (try)

8. My friend and I basketball. (play)

9. The cashier the customer's money. (count)

10. My sister and my brother . (sing)

11. The exam a long time. (take)

12. I for my keys. (look)

13. The cat water. (drink)

14. My aunts a cake. (bake)

15. Robert to the beach. (drive)

16. My parents us a story. (tell)

17. The rain hard. (fall)

18. They all night. (work)

19. The students English. (practice)

20. It dark. (get)

GRAMMAR REVIEW! Past continuous tense

Structure:
Subject + was/were + verb-ing

Uses:

•Ongoing action in the past (describes something that was happening at a specific time in the past).
At 8 PM, she was watching a movie.

•Interrupted action (one action was happening, and another shorter action interrupted it)
I was cooking when the phone rang.

•Parallel actions (Two actions happening at the same time).
He was reading while she was writing.

• Background setting in a story (sets the scene with actions already in progress).
The wind was blowing, and the leaves were rustling.

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