Past Continuous Tense Practice

The video tutorial explains the past continuous tense, covering its formation in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. It provides examples for each form, demonstrating how to construct sentences using the past continuous tense. The tutorial also discusses the contraction of the negative form, offering practical examples to aid understanding.

What is the structure of the past continuous tense in its affirmative form?

• Subject + had + past participle + object

• Subject + will + base form + object

• Subject + have/has + past participle + object

• Subject + was/were + present participle + object

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which of the following sentences is in the past continuous affirmative form?

• She has eaten the apple.

• She eats the apple.

• She was eating the apple.

• She is eating the apple.

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

How do you form the past continuous negative?

• Subject + was/were + not + present participle + object

• Subject + did not + base form + object

• Subject + has not + past participle + object

• Subject + will not + base form + object

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence is an example of the past continuous negative form?

• They were not enjoying the meeting.

• They have not enjoyed the meeting.

• They are not enjoying the meeting.

• They were enjoying the meeting.

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the contracted form of 'I was not' in the past continuous tense?

• I won't

• I haven't

• I didn't

• I wasn't

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CCSS.L.2.2C

Which of the following is the correct contraction for 'they were not'?

• They didn't

• They haven't

• They wasn't

• They weren't

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

How is the past continuous interrogative form structured?

• Was/Were + subject + present participle + object

• Do/Does + subject + base form + object

• Will + subject + base form + object

• Has/Have + subject + past participle + object

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence is in the past continuous interrogative form?

• Will you read a book?

• Have you read a book?

• Were you reading a book?

• Did you read a book?

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the correct past continuous interrogative form for 'he eat the apple'?

• Did he eat the apple?

• Was he eating the apple?

• Will he eat the apple?

• Has he eaten the apple?

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which of the following is NOT a correct past continuous interrogative sentence?

• Was she eating the apple?

• Were we eating the apple?

• Were they eating the apple?

• Did they eat the apple?

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D