Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense

Compare Past Simple & Past Continuous

• Past Simple - Used when the action is mentioned and understood to have taken place in the past. The action started and ended sometime in the past but time may or may not be mentioned.

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• Past Continuous - Used when the action was ongoing at a certain time in the past. This tense is used to describe an action which was in progress in the past.

Practice 1

FIll in the blanks with the past continuous tense of the verb in the bracket.

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When I called on my nephews, they (play) ... badminton at the park.

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Kak Minah (prepare) ... dinner when mum came home from work.

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The players (play) ... in the stadium when it suddenly started to rain.

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Prithi (practise) ... her violin when her sister came home.

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Susan and Lynette (not - hide) ... although the game had started.

Practice 2

Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in the brackets in the past simple or the past continuous form.

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While she (drive), she (listen) to some music.

• drove, was listening

• was driving, listened

• was driving, was listening

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Sheryl (have) dinner when she suddenly (remember) that she hasn't completed her homework.

• was having, was remembering

• had, was remembering

• was having, remembered

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The students (talk) in the chatroom when the teacher (come) in at 1 p.m.

• were talking, came

• talked, was coming

• was talking, came

• talked, were coming

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While her mum (fry) the fish, Kamini (lay) the table.

• was frying, was laying

• fried, laid

• fried, was laying

• was frying, laid

Congratulations! You have completed the quizzes in Practice 1 and Practice 2.

• Both these quizzes will be posted in your class GC. Do try it as many times as possible.

• Your highest marks will be recorded as your final accumulated mark for this exercise.