A. What was Grace doing this time last week? Look at the picture and complete the sentences with the correct past continuous forms of the verbs in the box.
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‘Can you believe it? This time last week I was on holiday …
1 I ……was sitting…… in a café.
2 The sun ……………………… .
3 I ……………………… my sunglasses.
4 I ……………………… my book.
5 I ……………………… lemonade.
6 I ……………………… relaxed.’
Answers
2 was shining 3 was wearing 4 was reading
5 was drinking 6 was feeling
B. Write full sentences using the words in the same order. Change the verbs to the past continuous or past simple. One or both verbs should be in t h e past continuous.
1 He / sit / in the kitchen / when / the fire / start
He was sitting in the kitchen when the fire started.
2 It / get late / and / the man / work / quickly.
………………………………………………………
3 The pencil / break / while / I / writing down / her phone number.
………………………………………………………
4 It / snow / but we / not wear / warm clothes.
………………………………………………………
5 A cat / run / in front of the car / when / I / drive / home.
………………………………………………………
6 The lights / change / while / she / still cross / the road.
………………………………………………………
7 You / still sleep / when / I / get up.
………………………………………………………
8 They / not build / the stadium / when / I / live / in the city.
………………………………………………………
Answers
2 It was getting late and the man was working quickly.
3 The pencil broke while I was writing down her phone number.
4 It was snowing but we were not (weren’t) wearing warm clothes.
5 A cat ran in front of the car when I was driving home.
6 The lights changed while she was still crossing the road.
7 You were still sleeping when 1 got up.
8 They were not (weren’t) building the stadium when I was living / lived in the city.
C. Complete this urban legend. Use past continuous or past simple forms of the verbs in brackets.
A TV team in Alaska 1……was making…… (make) a film about the life of salmon. They 2………………. (catch) a salmon in the sea and very carefully 3………………. (put) a radio transmitter on it. The radio transmitter 4………………. (send) messages to the TV team. They 5………………. (follow) the salmon’s journey for two months. One day the cameramen 6………………. (camp) at the side of the river and they 7………………. (follow) the salmon as usual. Suddenly the fish 8………………. (leave) the river and 9………………. (go) through a forest. The team 10………………. (take) their cameras and followed. In the forest a group of boys 11………………. (camp). When the TV team 12………………. (find) the boys, they 13………………. (sit) around a fire. They 14………………. (cook) the salmon on the fire.
Answers
2 caught 3 put 4 sent 5 followed
6 were camping 7 were following 8 left
9 went 10 took 11 were camping
12 found 13 were sitting 14 were cooking
D. In your notebook, copy and complete the replies with your own ideas using the past continuous.
1 A: Did you hear the phone?
B: No, I was listening to music.
2 A: Someone just knocked at the door.
B: Who was it?
A: I don’t know ……………………………. .
3 A: W h a t was the weather like when you left home?
B: Terrible! ……………………………. .
4 A: Did you catch a cold yesterday?
B: Yes, I did ……………………………. .
5 A: Were you at school on Monday?
B: No, I wasn’t ……………………………. .
6 A: Did you hear me?
B: No, sorry, ……………………………. .
Answers
Possible answers
2 I was having a shower.
3 Terrible! It was raining.
4 Yes, I did. I wasn’t wearing a coat.
5 No, I wasn’t. I wasn’t feeling well.
6 No, sorry, I wasn’t listening.
E. Circle the correct option.
1 He was working in the sewer …………. he saw the alligator.
a then b when c while
2 They …………. television when they saw a cow in their garden.
a are watching
b watching
c were watching
3 I was wearing sunglasses because the sun …………. very brightly.
a was shining
b is shining
c shone
4 A: …………. raining when you arrived? B: No. It was very sunny.
a Was it b It was c It is
5 A: Were you wearing a helmet when you fell off your bike? B: …………. .
a No, I weren’t
b No, I wasn’t
c No, I’m not
Answers
1 b 2 c 3 a 4 a 5 b
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