Past Continuous Positive and Negative

A) Make the positive past continuous:

1. (Julie / sleep at three o’clock)

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2. (you / study at three o’clock)

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3. (Luke / read at three o’clock)

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4. (I / work at three o’clock)

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5. (they / eat chocolate at three o’clock)

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6. (John / play tennis at three o’clock)

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7. (we / watch TV at three o’clock)

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8. (he / use the Internet at three o’clock)

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9. (you / cook lunch at three o’clock)

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10. (we / travel to London at three o’clock)

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B) Make past continuous ‘yes / no’ questions:

When you arrived at the party...

1. (Alan / dance?)

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2. (Susie / drink gin?)

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3. (John and Ann / sing?)

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4. (Luke / talk to the girls?) _______________________________________________________________

5. (Jodie / put on make up?)

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6. (we / cook?)

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7. (Jane / play guitar?)

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8. (David / read a book?)

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9. (Francis / sit in the corner?)

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10. (everybody / have fun?)

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Make past continuous ‘wh’ questions:

When I saw you and Lucy last night...

11. (where / you / go?)

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12. (what / you / do?)

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13. (who / you / meet?)

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14. (what / Lucy / wear?)

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15. (what / you / eat?)

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16. (what / you / drink?)

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17. (why / Lucy / smoke?)

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18. (who / you / talk to?)

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19. (what / you / carry?)

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20. (how / Lucy / feel?)

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C) Past Continuous Mixed Exercise 1

Make the past continuous (you need to choose positive, negative or question):

1. (he / cook)

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2. (she / play cards?)

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3. (I / not / cry)

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4. (you / not / feel well)

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5. (where / I / go when I met you?)

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6. (she / not / sleeping at midnight)

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7. (I / work?)

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8. (you / sleep when I got home?)

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9. (it / rain at lunchtime)

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10. (what / you / do?)

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11. (why / she / run?)

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12. (you / not / read)

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13. (how / we / do at that time?)

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14. (he / not / watch a film at 3pm)

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15. (I / do my homework at eight o’clock)

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16. (where / it / rain?)

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17. (you / shop when I called you)

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18. (she / eat dinner when we arrived)

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19. (he / live in Tokyo at the time?)

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20. (it / rain?)

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D) Past Continuous Mixed Exercise 2

Make the past continuous (choose positive, negative or question):

1. (they / take the exam?)

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2. (when / he / work there?)

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3. (you / make dinner?)

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4. (they / drink coffee when you arrived?)

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5. (when / we / sleep?)

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6. (they / study last night)

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7. (we / talk when the accident happened)

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8. (he / not / exercise enough)

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9. (I / talk too much?)

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10. (it / not / snow)

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11. (how / they / feel?)

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12. (they / not / talk)

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13. (where / I / stay?)

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14. (why / he / study on a Saturday night?)

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15. (I / go to school when you saw me)

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E) Choose the past simple or past continuous:

1. What ________________________ (you / do) when I

________________________ (call) you last night?

2. I ________________________ (sit) in a café when you ________________________ (call).

3. When you ________________________ (arrive) at the party, who ____________________ (be) there?

4. Susie ________________________ (watch) a film when she ___________ (hear) the noise.

5. Yesterday I ________________________ (go) to the library, next I _____________ (have) a swim, later I ________________________ (meet) Julie for a coffee.

6. We ________________________ (play) tennis when John _____________ (hurt) his ankle.

7. What ________________________ (they / do) at 10pm last night? It _____ (be) really noisy.

8. He ________________________ (take) a shower when the telephone ___________ (ring).

9. He ________________________ (be) in the shower when the telephone ________________ (ring).

10. When I ________________________ (walk) into the room, everyone __________ (work).

11. It ________________________ (be) a day last September. The sun __________________ (shine), the birds ________________________ (sing). I ________________________ (walk) along the street when I ________________________ (meet) an old friend.

12. He ________________________ (live) in Russia when the Revolution _________________ (start).

13. When her train ________________________ (get) to the station, we _________________ (wait) on the platform.

14. He ________________________ (be) so annoying! He _____________________ (always / leave) his things everywhere.

15. On holiday we ________________________ (visit) Rome, ______________________ (see) the Vatican, and _______________________ (spend) a few days at the beach.

16. Why _______________ (you / stand) on a chair when I _______________________ (come) into the room?

17. They ________________________ (live) in Germany when they_______________ (be) young.

18. At 7pm yesterday, we ________________________ (listen) to music.

19. When I ________________________ (leave) the house, it _______________________ (snow).

20. He ________________________ (work) in a bank when he ________________________ (meet) his wife.

F) Choose the past simple or past continuous:

1. He __________________ (sleep) when the doorbell __________________ (ring).

2. We __________________ (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30).

3. Yesterday I __________________ (go) to the post office, __________________ (buy)

some fruit at the supermarket and __________________ (read) a book in the park in

the afternoon.

4. We __________________ (watch) TV when we __________________ (hear) a loud

noise.

5. Julie __________________ (be) in the garden when Laurence __________________

(arrive).

6. A: What __________________ (you / do) at 3pm yesterday?

B: I __________________ (clean) my house.

7. Last year I __________________ (visit) Paris and Rome.

8. They __________________ (have) dinner when the police __________________

(come) to the door.

9. He __________________ (work) in the garden when he __________________ (find)

the money.

111. I __________________ (walk) along the road when I __________________ (meet) an

old friend.

12. It __________________ (be) a day in December. Snow __________________ (fall),

children __________________ (sing) carols and people __________________ (do)

their Christmas shopping.

13. My ex-boyfriend __________________ (be) so annoying! He __________________

(always / miss) the bus and __________________ (arrive) late.

14. Mr Black __________________ ( work) in the garden at 10pm last night while his wife__________________________ (sleep).

G) COMPLETE the email with the appropriated verb tense.

Dear Maria,

Sorry I haven't written for such a long time. Something terrible (happen)!

My boss ______________ (ask) me to do something for him and I _______________ (work) on that when I ________________ (hear) a loud noise. There was a bird in the office! It

______________ (fly) around the room and I ____________ (not know) what to do. You can imagine how scary it ____________ (be).

Then my boss _________ (run) into the office to see what the noise was. So he __________

(shout) at me and the bird ____________ (continue) to fly. I _________ (be) so angry. I ________ (get) my coat and bag and ___________ (leave) the office. I ___________________ (say) to my boss, "see you later".

So now I'm in trouble with the company and I have a big meeting tomorrow about it. I'm very worried!

Tell me your news - it must be better than mine!

Hugs

Alice

H) Complete the text with the appropriated verb tense.

It (rain) ________________ very hard when the bus (leave) ___________ the school. When we (get) ___________________ home, my Aunt Carol and Uncle Arthur (wait) _____________

for us. They (tell) ______________ us to run into their basement. When I (look) ___________

up the road, I (see)___________________ that a tornado (come) ___________________ towards our house. We all (run) _______________ towards the shelter. But it was too late. The tornado (pass) ______________ over us while we (try) __________________ to get down the stairs. We (close) ________________ the door when the wind suddenly (pull) _________________ it off. The noise was as loud as a train, and it was very dark. My uncle (hold) ________________ me down when suddenly the tornado (lift) _________________

him and threw him against a wall. Everybody (scream)________________ for help while the tornado (throw) __________________ things on top of us. Suddenly the wind (stop) ________

. It (become) ____________________ very quiet. My uncle and sister were hurt, but we all (survive) ____________________.