Past ContinuousExercises

Pre-Intermediate Level

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Form questions and negative and

positive short answers:cycle home(you)- - -were you cycling home?

No,I were not. Yes, I was.

a)go to school c)watch TV e)walk home

b)have a good time d)play tennis f)talk to her

Exercise 2

Rewrite positive sentences into

negative sentences:a)I was playing computer games after school.

b)He was watching TV for two hours.

c)Were you waiting for me?

d)She was opening the window when he came.

Exercise 3

Put words in the correct order: playing / tennis / whole / I / was / Saturday

red / wearing / coat / was / she

champagne / was / drinking / Marry

telling / were / jokes / they

Anna / were / the/ dancing / at / and / John / party

Exercise 4

Complete the sentences with correct form of verb in Past Simple or Past Continuous

a)I…………… (walk) home when I…………(see) her.

b)Their mother…………(do)the washing-up at that time.

c)They…………..(sit) on the sofa and………….(watch) TV.

d) Where………(you)………(go) when I………….(meet) you.

Exercise 5

Make questions for these answersa)I was playing chess with my dad.

b)Lucy and Tom were having dinner.

c)She was cooking when my dad came.

d)They were wating for their parents.

e)I was driving home, I could not answer the phone.

Exercise 6

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Autor DUM: Mgr. Gabriela Marchewková