Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous Tense.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 763.

EXERCISES

1. Tom and Jim (play) tennis at 10.30 yesterday. 2. I saw Jane in the park. She (read) a book. 3. I (cook) dinner when you called. 4. It (snow) when I got up. 5. While I (work) in the garden, I hurt my back. 6. Ann was at home at 4 o'clock. She (watch) television. 7. It (rain), so we didn't go out. 8. He (work) at 11.30 yesterday. 9. Today she is wearing a skirt, but yesterday she (wear) trousers. 10. When I woke up yesterday the sun (shine) and the birds (sing). 11. In 1980 we (live) in Canada. 12. Cora (read) a letter when Jimmy phoned her. 13. Andy (come) out of the restaurant when he saw Jenny. 14. When Margaret opened the door the phone (ring). 15. I (walk) home when it started to rain. 16. The students (play) a game when the professor arrived. 17. When he (walk) in the mountains Henry saw a bear. 18. When Don arrived we (have) coffee.

2. Mrs. Rose's house was robbed at 10.30 yesterday. The police questioned all the neighbors. Tell what each person was doing between 9.30 and 11.30 a.m. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous Tense.

1. The man next door (watch) TV.

2. Two teenage boys next door (play) ping-pong.

3. The woman and man across the street (work) in the backyard.

4. The woman down the street (take) a bath.

5. The man up the street (shop).

6. The man and his son on the corner (listen) to the radio.

7. The children in the back of her (study).

8. The woman in the back of her (jog) in the park.

9. The babysitter across the street (watch) the children in the backyard.

10. The girl up the street (practice) the piano.