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.
I.
1. At this time yesterday we (play) __were playing____ tennis in the schoolyard.
2. At 7:00 pm yesterday i (watch) ___was 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 having_____ a bath.
5. She (do) ____was doing______ her homework at the time yesterday.
6. Mary (water) ____was watering____ the flowers at 3:00 p.m yesterday.
7. They (visit) __were visiting____ 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.
II.
1. When I (arrive) ..arrived ..at this house, he was still sleeping(sleep) .
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. She (wash) was washing....up when Vinh (arrive) ..arrived..at this house.
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 sitting in a car when I (see)saw him.
10. We (clean) were cleaning the house when she (come) came yesterday.
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) _____was watching________________ TV, my mother was reading (read) 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 having______________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 visiting________________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) ________was sleeping______.
2. The light (go) ______went___ out while we (have) ____________was 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) _________________was 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 sitting______________in a car when I (see) ________________saw______him.
10. We (clean) _________were cleaning____________the house when she (come) _________came______yesterday.
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