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1. PAST CONTINUOUS
Practice

2. Complete the sentences.
• Which hotel ________ (you/stay) in when you
lost your passport?

3. Complete the sentences.
• Which hotel were you staying in when you
lost your passport?

4. Complete the sentences.
• I _________ (live) in London when I met
them.

5. Complete the sentences.
• I was living in London when I met them.

6. Complete the sentences.
• It ______ (snow) when I left home this
morning.

7. Complete the sentences.
• It was snowing when I left home this
morning.

8. Complete the sentences.
• At the end of the first half of the game, they
______ (win).

9. Complete the sentences.
• At the end of the first half of the game, they
were winning.

10. Complete the sentences.
• It was a sunny afternoon and people
_________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then
it suddenly started to rain.

11. Complete the sentences.
• It was a sunny afternoon and people were
sitting on the grass in the park. Then it
suddenly started to rain.

12. Complete the sentences.
• He ________ (talk) on the phone when I
arrived.

13. Complete the sentences.
• He was talking on the phone when I arrived.

14. Complete the sentences.
• I tried to explain my problem to him, but he
________ (not/listen).

15. Complete the sentences.
• I tried to explain my problem to him, but he
wasn’t listening.

16. Complete the sentences.
• What ________ (you/do) at 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon?

17. Complete the sentences.
• What were you doing at 3 o’clock yesterday
afternoon?

18. Complete the sentences.
• A lot of people _______ (wait) for the 7.30
bus last night.

19. Complete the sentences.
• A lot of people was waiting for the 7.30 bus
last night.

20. Complete the sentences.
• I looked out of the window, and I saw that it
__________ (not/rain) any more.

21. Complete the sentences.
• I looked out of the window, and I saw that it
wasn’t raining any more.

22. Complete the sentences.
• Fortunately, I _______ (not/drive) too fast
when the child walked into the road in front of
me.

23. Complete the sentences.
• Fortunately, I was not driving too fast when
the child walked into the road in front of me.

24. Complete the sentences.
• I nearly had an accident this morning. A car
_________ (come) towards me, but I moved
quickly out of the way.

25. Complete the sentences.
• I nearly had an accident this morning. A car
was coming towards me, but I moved quickly
out of the way.

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