I. The past continuous:
Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question:
Example: At this time yesterday they (play) __were playing___ football.
At this time yesterday they were not playing football.
At this time yesterday were they playing football?
1. At this time yesterday we (play) __________________ tennis in the schoolyard.
2. At 7:00 pm yesterday (watch) ________________________ TV.
3. Yesterday while my father (watch) _____________________ TV, my mother (read) the newspaper, my sister (do) _______________________her homework and I (play) ____________ chess with my friend.
4. What were you doing when I phoned you? I (have) ____________________a bath.
5. She (do) __________________________her homework at the time yesterday.
6. Marry (water) ______________________the flowers at 3:00 p.m yesterday.
7. They (visit) __________________________the zoo at ten o’clock yesterday.
8. Peter and I (do) _____________________the exercise at this time last night.
9. Last night my father (feed) ________________________the pigeons at 7:00.
10. At this time last year we (learn) _______________________English in London.
Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense or the past continuous:
1. When I (arrive) ____________ at this house, he still (sleep) ______________.
2. The light (go) _________ out while we (have) _________________dinner.
3. Bill (have) ________________ breakfast when I (stop) _____________ at this house this morning.
4. When I (arrive) ___________________at this house, he still (sleep) ________________________.
5. As we (cross) ______________________the Street, we (see) _____________________an accident.
6. Tom (see) ______________a serious accident while he (stand) __________________at the bus stop.
7. The children (play) _________________ football when their mother (come) ___________back home.
8. The bell (ring) ______________________while Tom (take) ___________________ a bath.
9. He (sit) ______________________in a car when I (see) ______________________him.
10. We (clean) _____________________the house when she (come) _______________yesterday.
1. At this time yesterday we (play) ______were playing____________ tennis in the schoolyard.
2. At 7:00 pm yesterday (watch) _________was/were watching_______________ TV.
3. Yesterday while my father (watch) _______was watching______________ TV, my mother (read) was reading the newspaper, my sister (do) _________was doing______________her homework and I (play) _____was playing _______ chess with my friend.
4. What were you doing when I phoned you? I (have) _______was haing_____________a bath.
5. She (do) _________was doing_________________her homework at the time yesterday.
6. Marry (water) _______was watering_______________the flowers at 3:00 p.m yesterday.
7. They (visit) ________were vitting__________________the zoo at ten o’clock yesterday.
8. Peter and I (do) _________were doing____________the exercise at this time last night.
9. Last night my father (feed) ______was feeding__________________the pigeons at 7:00.
10. At this time last year we (learn) _____were learning__________________English in London.
Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense or the past continuous:
1. When I (arrive) _____arrived_______ at this house, he still (sleep) _____sleeping_________.
2. The light (go) __went_______ out while we (have) _____were having____________dinner.
3. Bill (have) _____was having___________ breakfast when I (stop) ______stopped_______ at this house this morning.
4. When I (arrive) _____arrived______________at this house, he still (sleep) ______sleeping__________________.
5. As we (cross) _______were crossing_______________the Street, we (see) __________saw___________an accident.
6. Tom (see) ____saw__________a serious accident while he (stand) ________was standing__________at the bus stop.
7. The children (play) _____were playing____________ football when their mother (come) _____came______back home.
8. The bell (ring) ________rang______________while Tom (take) ______was taking_____________ a bath.
9. He (sit) __________was stting____________in a car when I (see) ________saw______________him.
10. We (clean) _______were cleaning______________the house when she (come) _____came__________yesterday.
