1. Exercise of past continuous
complete sentences
1. Were you studying when I saw you? ¿Estabas estudiando cuando te vi?
2. Yesterday at 10 o'clock we were watcghing TV. Ayer, a las 10, nosotros veíamos la tele
3. When he arrived, she was listening to music. Cuando él llegó, ella escuchaba música
4. She was swimming Ella estaba nadando
5. We were playing when you arrived. Nosotros jugábamos cuando tú llegaste
6. When I saw him, he was studying Cuando lo vi, él estaba estudiando
7. Yesterday, at 8 o'clock, what were you doing ¿Ayer, a las 8, que estabas haciendo?
8. He phoned while we were listening to music. Él llamó por teléfono mientras nosotros escuchábamos música
9. Was he eating ¿Estaba él comiendo?
10. We weren´t speaking Nosotros no estábamos hablando
2. Exercise of past continuous
make ten sentences about past
continuous
1 He was playing football.
2 While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the
dishes.
3 When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
4 When I called Mike, he was eating
5 Peter was reading a book yesterday evening.
6 I was jogging in the street when somebody stopped me
and asked what time it was.
7 I was going to spend the day at the beach but I've decided
to go on an excursion instead.
8. The sun was shining and the birds were singing as the
elephant came out of the jungle.
9 I was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock
rang.
10 They were waiting for the bus when the accident
happened.
3. Exercise of past continuous
Make the past continuous (you need to choose positive, negative or question):
1. (he / cook)
. He was cooking
2. (she / play cards?)
. Was she playing cards?
3. (I / not / cry)
. I wasn’t crying.
4. (you / not / feel well)
. you weren´t feeling well
5. (where / I / go when I met you?)
. was I going when I met you?
6. (she / not / sleeping at midnight)
She wasn´t sleeping at midnight
7. (I / work?)
. was I working?
8. (you / sleep when I got home?)
.Were you sleeping when I got home
9. (it / rain at lunchtime?)
. was it raining at lunchtime?
10. (what / you / do?)
. what were you doing?
11. (why / she / run?)
. why was she running?
12. (you / not / read)
4. Exercise of past continuous
. You weren´t reading
13. (how / we / do at that time?)
. How were we doing at that time
14. (he / not / watch a film at 3pm)
. He wasn´t watching a film at 3 pm
15. (I / do my homework at eight o’clock)
. I was doing my homework at eight o’clock
16. (where / it / rain?)
. Where was it raining?
17. (You / shop when I called you)
. You were shopping when I called you
18. (she / eat dinner when we arrived)
. She was eating dinner when we arrived
19. (he / live in Tokyo at the time?)
. Was he living in Tokyo at the time?
20. (it / rain?)
. Was it raining?