Past continuous exercises
affirmative

Past continuous affirmative - exercise 1

What were the Thompsons doing on Sunday at 5 o'clock? Use the past continuous to fill the gaps.

Mr. Thompson ___ dinner in the kitchen. (cook)
Mr. Thompson was cooking dinner in the kitchen.

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Mr. Thompson chicken curry and rice for the whole family. (cook)

Mrs. Thompson the interior of their car in front of their house. (clean)

Jack and Eve together in the big hall near the fireplace. (sit)

Jack, their 11 years old son, William Shakespeare's sonnets. (read)

Eve, at the age of 16, with Barbies, Kens and their pink ponies. (play)

Their grandma and grandpa a good time as usual. (have)

Their grandma with her friends in the local gym. (exercise)

Their grandpa shirts and socks in front of the TV in the living room. (iron)

The Thompsons also had two pets. And do you know what they ? (do)

Believe it or not, Spot, the puppy, mice in the back garden. (catch)

And Kitty, the little cute kitten, with their neighbour's German shepherd dog. (fight)

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Past continuous tense exercises with answers to practise positive, negative and question forms, printable PDF worksheets with keys to download and grammar rules with examples.

Suitable for elementary - intermediate learners of English as a foreign language.

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