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Past continuous

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1-5.

1.

Look at the picture and write what each person is doing. Use the verbs to describe the picture:

2/ Hakim and Amir (a)  

2.

Look at the picture and write what each person is doing. Use the verbs to describe the picture:

3/Mum (a)  

3.

Look at the picture and write what each person is doing. Use the verbs to describe the picture:

4/ Grandmother (a)  

4.

Look at the picture and write what each person is doing. Use the verbs to describe the picture:

5/Alisa (a)  

5.

Look at the picture and write what each person is doing. Use the verbs to describe the picture:

6/ Dad (a)  

6-7.

6.

Write the sentence using the prompts below and the past continuous

(Rosalie/cook/cut/finger)

(a)  

7.

Write the sentence using the prompts below and the past continuous

(Lizzy and Nadia/play basketball/5 o'clock/yesterday)

(a)  

8.

Form questions using the past continuous:
you/have lunch/at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon?

(a)  

9.

Form questions using the past continuous:
you/talk/on phone/at 8 o'clock yesterday evening?

(a)  

10.

Form questions using the past continuous:
you/watch/DVD/last Saturday morning?

(a)  

11.

Choose the correct item

Mum _____ dinner when someone _____ on the door

a)

was cooking/knocked

b)

cooked/was knocking

12.

Choose the correct item

She _____ a new dress last month

a)

was buying

b)

bought

13.

Choose the correct item

Greg _____ while Joanne _____ to her MP3 player

a)

was sleeping/was listened

b)

slept/listened

14.

Choose the correct item

Sue _____ the flowers when it _____ to rain

a)

was watering/started

b)

watered/start

15.

Choose the correct item

They _____ to school last Monday because there was no bus.

a)

were walking

b)

walked

16-20.

A: How 1/_____ (Anne/break) her leg?

B: She 2/_____ (ride) her horse when 3/_____ (fall) and 4/ _____ (land) on her leg

A: 5/_____ (She/go) to hospital?

B: Yes, she did.

16.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 1)

(a)  

17.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 2)

(a)  

18.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 3)

(a)  

19.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 4)

(a)  

20.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 5)

(a)  

21-23.

A: I 1/_____ (call) you last night but you 2/ _____ (not/answer). Where were you?

B: While I 3/_____ (jog) in the park.

21.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 1)

(a)  

22.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 2)

(a)  

23.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 3)

(a)  

24-29.

A: 1/_____ (you/hear) what happened to George.

B: No! Is he OK?

B: Well, he 2/ _____ (ride) his bike to school when a cat 3/ _____ (jump) out in front of him. He 4/ _____ (try) to stop but he 5/ _____ (fall) against a wall. Luckily, he 6/_____ (not/be) hurt.

24.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 1)

(a)  

25.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 2)

(a)  

26.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 3)

(a)  

27.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 4)

(a)  

28.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 5)

(a)  

29.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

(Number 6)

(a)  

30-33.

30.

Read the letter and write the missing word. Write one word on each line.

(Number 2)

(a)  

31.

Read the letter and write the missing word. Write one word on each line.

(Number 3)

(a)  

32.

Read the letter and write the missing word. Write one word on each line.

(Number 4)

(a)  

33.

Read the letter and write the missing word. Write one word on each line.

(Number 5)

(a)