Complete the sentences with was or were.
e.g.: At three o’clock yesterday I ____ reading an interesting book. At three o’clock yesterday I was reading an interesting book.
1. My friends _____ travelling this time last year.
2. Helen _____ reading a book when I came.
3. Your brother ____ repairing his car.
4. It ____ s nowing.
5. The dog ____barking.
6. I _____reading a magazine.
7. They _____swimming in the lake.
8. Peter _____learning English.
9. You ____packing your bag.
10. He _____having a shower.
Affirmative Sentences
Write affirmative sentences in the past continuous.
e.g.: Alan and I / walk / around / the garden. Alan and I were walking around the garden.
1. Helen / listen to / music.
2. John / wash / his car.
3. Mary / look for / her ring.
4. Greg and Phil / count / their money.
5. Kim and I / wait for / you / in the bar.
6. My mother / feed / the birds.
7. Tom / play / chess.
8. Fiona / read / a book.
9. Alfred / look through / the journal.
10. Mary and Tom / listen to / music.
Negative Sentences
1. Write negative sentences in the past continuous.
e.g.: Sarah and Luke / not / work. Sarah and Luke were not working.
1. Ms. Miller / not / teach / maths.
2. Chris / not / have / lunch.
3. Albert / not / play / tennis.
4. Tom and Bob / not / go / home.
5. Ann / not / clean / the table.
6. Ben / not / write / an e-mail.
7. Jane / not / exercise / in the gym.
8. Robert / not / buy / flowers.
9. John / not / have / breakfast.
10. Ann and I / not / watch / TV.
Questions
1. Write questions in the past continuous.
e.g.: Michelle / feed / the cat? Was Michelle feeding the cat?
1. I / clean / my house?
2. Helen / write / an article?
3. My brother / climb / a tree?
4. John / read / a book?
5. It / rain?
6. Michelle / wait for / his mother?
7. I and my father / watch / TV?
8. She / cook / dinner?
9. We / walk / around the park?
10. I and my father / wash / dishes?
Put the verbs into the correct form (the past continuous).
e.g.: When I phoned my friends, they (play) tennis. When I phoned my friends, they were playing tennis.
1. The snow (fall) heavily as Fiona (walk) in the park.
2. I (sleep) at 10 o’clock this morning.
3. I (eat) breakfast when my brother came.
4. Yesterday at six I (do) my homework.
5. The kids (walk) in the park when it suddenly began to rain.
6. We (not work) all day.
7. (you study) hard when you were at university?
8. I (sing) songs when he came.
9. Helen (read) a book when Tom came.
10. Rachel and Mary (cook) dinner when I call them.
Interrogatives with wh questions
Ask for the information in the bold part of the sentence.
e.g.:She was having dinner at 1 p.m.When was she having dinner?
1. He was playing football when the telephone rang.
2. At this time yesterday she was watching an interesting film.
3. At 9 o’clock last night we were watching TV.
4. She was cooking breakfast when the doorbell rang.
5. Claire was reading the newspaper while Peter was watching TV.
Use of English
The Future Continuous.
| The Future Continuous describes an action which is occurring at a particular time in future. e.g.: At three o’clock tomorrow I will be watching an interesting film. |
Form of the Future Continuous.
| Affirmative | Negative | Question | |
| no differences | I will be speaking. | I will not be speaking | Will I be speaking? |
Put the verbs into the correct form of the future continuous.