The Past Continuous Exercise 1

What you were doing when something happened

PAST CONTINUOUS PAST SIMPLE

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers.

1 I ________ letters all day yesterday. (write)

2 You ________ very slowly about the topic. (write)

3 You ________ on the phone for hours and hours. (talk)

4 They ________ much business before lunch. (do NEGATIVE)

5 She _________ to me all week. Silly cow. (speak NEGATIVE)

6 It _________ for long. (rain NEGATIVE)

7 What _________ you _________ when I phoned yesterday? (do)

8 _________ you ________TV when it happened? (watch)

9 What _________ you _________ at the party? (wear)

10 He _________ horribly to everyone, the nasty pig! (speak)

11. What ________ Mary ________ when you came from Lima. (cook)

12. Where _______ the children ________ when you saw them? (go)