Past Continuous Exercises

Mixed Forms Exercise 

Practice the past continuous tense with positive sentences, negative sentences and questions with the dialogues below.

Complete the dialogues with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

A Hey James! Where _______________________ (you/drive) to at 6:00 am this morning?
B My daughter was so sick last night. I _____________________ (take) her to the hospital.


A Why ___________________ (you/cry) last night?
B Oh, nothing! I ______________________ (watch) an emotional love story on TV.


A _____________________(you/sleep) when I called you at 10:00 last night?
B No, I __________________(not sleep). I _______________(charge/my phone)
in my bedroom and I was in the kitchen. I_____________________(wash) the dishes.



A What __________________ (you/talk) about with that girl Patrick?!
B What! Come on Sally! She was not in the class last week. She_________ (ask)some questions about grammar exercises. I ______________ (try) to help her with German grammar.



 
A ____________ you and Karen __________ (argue) last night? I heard some noise.
B Yes! I ______________(watch) a football game on TV! And she _______________ (vacuum) the floor and ___________________ (stand) on the TV all the time! I was so angry!



A Why _________________ (you/ laugh) during the lesson today? What was so funny?
B I _______________ (think) of what happened in the break time. Pete was late and he  _____________ (wear) slippers to school. He was still not awake!



 
A How was the picnic last weekend? _____________________ (you /have) fun?
B No, we _____________ (sit) on the grass, children ____________ (play) volleyball. Suddenly, it started raining. It__________ (rain) too heavily. It was an awful day.



 
A Good morning Jonathan! What _________________ (you/do) last night? The lights were on till 4 a.m.
B I _________________ (work) on my computer for my business presentation all night.




Answers:


A Hey James! Where were you driving  to at 6:00 am this morning?
B My daughter was so sick last night. I was taking her to the hospital.

A Why were you crying last night?
B Oh, nothing! I was watching an emotional love story on TV.

A Were you sleeping when I called you at 10:00 last night?
B No, I wasn’t sleeping. I was charging my phone in my bedroom and I was in the kitchen. I  was washing the dishes.

A What were you talking about with that girl Patrick?
B What! Come on Sally! She was not in the class last week. She was asking some questions about grammar exercises. I was trying to help her with German grammar.
 
A Were  you and Karen arguing last night? I heard some noise.
B Yes! I was watching a football game on TV! And she was vacuuming the floor and standing on the TV all the time! I was so angry!

A Why were you laughing during the lesson today? What was so funny?
B I was thinking of what happened in the break time. Pete was late and he was wearing slippers to school. He was still not awake!
 
A How was the picnic last weekend? Were you having  fun?
B No, we were sitting on the grass, children were playing volleyball. Suddenly, it started raining. It was raining too heavily. It was an awful day.
 
A Good morning Jonathan! What were you doing last night? The lights were on till 4 a.m.
B I was working on my computer for my business presentation all night.