LESSON 8

PAST CONTINUOUS

LET'S WATCH A VIDEO

LET'S PRACTICE

I. COMPLETE WITH THE PAST CONTINUOUS FORM

  1. When I phoned my friends, they (play)  monopoly.
  2. Yesterday at six I (prepare)  dinner.
  3. The kids (play)  in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
  4. I (practice)  the guitar when he came home.
  5. We (not / cycle)  all day.
  6. While Alan (work)  in his room, his friends (swim)  in the pool.
  7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (not / listen )  .
  8. What (you / do)  yesterday?
  9. Most of the time we (sit)  in the park.
  10. I (listen)  to the radio while my sister (watch)  TV.
  11. When I arrived, They (play)  cards.
  12. We (study)  English yesterday at 4:00 pm .

II. Yesterday at 6 pm your family were doing different things. Write positive sentences in past progressive.

  1. My mother / read / a novel 
  2. My father / watch / a movie 
  3. My elder sister / writing / in her diary 
  4. My two brothers / listen / to the radio 
  5. My little sister and I / not / watch / a movie 
  6. We / talk / about school