Past Continuous review exercises

1 What were you doing at these times?

Write sentences as in the examples. The past continuous is not always necessary (see the second example).

Example:

1. (at 7.30 yesterday evening) → I was having dinner.
2. (at 6.15 last Saturday) → I was on a bus on my way home.
3. (at 10.45 yesterday morning) → ___________________________________________
4. (at 3.00 yesterday afternoon) → ___________________________________________
5. (at 9.20 last night) → ___________________________________________
6. (twenty minutes ago) → ___________________________________________

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2 Use your own ideas to complete the sentences.

Use the past continuous.

1. Emma called while we were having dinner.
2. The phone rang while I ___________________________________________.
3. We saw a strange man while we ___________________________________________.
4. Jack fell asleep while he ___________________________________________.
5. The music was playing, but nobody ___________________________________________.

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3 Put the verb into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.

1. I (see) Laura in town last Saturday, but she (not / see) me.
She (look) the other way.

2.I (meet) Daniel and Sophie at the train station a few months ago. They (go) to Barcelona and I (go) to Valencia. We (have) a chat while we (wait) for our trains.

3.I (walk) home yesterday when a cyclist (fall) off his bike in front of me. Luckily, he (not / hurt) himself because he (wear) a helmet.

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4 Put the verb into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.

1. Alex __________________ (wait) for me when I __________________ (arrive).
2. “What __________________ (you / do) at 8 o'clock yesterday evening?”
   “I was watching a film.”
3. “__________________ (you / go) out last Saturday?”
   “No, I stayed at home.”
4. How fast __________________ (you / run) when you __________________ (fall)?
5. Maria __________________ (take) a photograph of me while I __________________ (not / look).
6. We were in a very difficult situation. We __________________ (not / know) what to do.
7. I haven't seen Ben for ages. When I last __________________ (see) him, he __________________ (look) for a new flat.
8. I __________________ (walk) home when suddenly I __________________ (hear) a noise behind me. Someone __________________ (follow) me, so I __________________ (start) to run.
9. When I was younger, I __________________ (want) to become a professional footballer.
10. Last Sunday I __________________ (drop) a glass while I __________________ (wash) the dishes. Fortunately, it __________________ (not / break).