Past Continuous Exercises

1. What's the past continuous tense used for?

To describe an action that happened in the past
To describe an action that is happening now
To describe an action that will happen in the future

2. What's the structure of the past continuous tense?

Subject + was/were + verb + ing
Subject + had + verb + ing
Subject + will + verb + ing

3. Fill in the blank: She ____ eating dinner when the phone rang.

Was
Were
Had

4. What's the negative form of the past continuous tense?

Subject + was/were + not + verb + ing
Subject + had + not + verb + ing
Subject + will + not + verb + ing

5. What's an example of the past continuous tense?

She was eating dinner.
She had eating dinner.
She will eating dinner.

6. What's the past continuous form of the verb 'go'?

Goed
Went
Was going

7. Fill in the blank: They ____ to the store when it started to rain.

Goed
Went
Were going

8. What's the past continuous form of the verb 'read'?

Readed
Read
Was reading

9. What's an example of the past continuous tense in a sentence?

She was eating dinner when the phone rang.
She had eating dinner when the phone rang.
She will eating dinner when the phone rang.

10. What's the past continuous form of the verb 'talk'?

Talked
Talk
Was talking