Past continuous tense exercises

The past continuous tense is used in sentences to indicate actions that were happening at some time in the past. It can be written in the following format &#; subject + was/were + verb+ing + the rest of the sentence. The verbs &#;was&#; and &#;were&#; are used as helping verbs. &#;Was&#; is used with singular nouns, the first-person pronoun (I) and third-person singular pronouns (he, she, it) and &#;were&#; is used with plural nouns, the first-person plural pronoun (we), the second-person pronoun (you) and the third-person plural pronoun (they). 

Past Continuous Tense Exercises with Answers

Try out the following exercises to check your understanding of the past continuous tense. Answers for each exercise have also been provided for your reference.

Exercise 1 &#; Fill in the blanks

Fill in the blanks with the past continuous form of the verbs given in brackets.

1. The children ____ hide and seek in the park. (play)
2. They ____ to the movies. (go)
3. I ___ the book you gave me on my birthday. (read)
4. Winnie _____ her new dress. (stitch)
5. The dogs ____ all night. (bark)
6. Ron ___ his room when he heard the noise. (clean)
7. It ___ darker with each

   Exercise of Past Continuous Tense

   1. She __________ her child. (beat)
   2. He ___________ the dust from the blower. (blow)
   3. What _____ she _______ for her husband on his birthday? (buy)
   4. He _____________ his own plaster in the hospital. (break)
   5. _____ you _________ down the tree last night? (cut)
   6. She _____________ with the shopkeeper yesterday. (deal)
   7. ______ we ________ for picnic? (go)
   8. He _________ something from us. (hide)
   9. You were ______ the bill to the delivery boy. (pay)
   10. They __________ on the roller coaster for a ride. (sit)
   11. He __________ behind your back. (not/stand)
   12. She ______________ in her bedroom. (sleep)
   13. What ______ he ________ in the backyard? (do)
   14. His feet _____________ so much during the match. (bleed)
   15. She was __________ the Rolce Royce that time. (drive)

   Past Continuous Tense with Answer

   1. She was beating her child.
   2. He was blowing the dust from the blower.
   3. What was she buying for her husband on his birthday?
   4. He was breaking his own plaster in the hospital.
   5. were you cutting down the tree last night?
   6. She was dealing with the shopkeeper yesterday.
   7. were we going for a picnic?
   8. He was hiding something fr

      English Grammar Exercises for A2 &#; Past continuous

      1   A1………………………………… (you / talk) on the phone at ten last night? I 2………………………………… (try) to call you.

      B   No, I 3………………………………… (not talk) on the phone. I 4………………………………… (take) a walk and my phone was in the house.

      2   A5………………………………… (you / play) on the beach when the storm started?

           B   No, we 6………………………………… (eat) lunch in the restaurant. It was quite frightening. When we started eating the sun 7………………………………… (shine) and the next minute the wind 8………………………………… (blow) and it 9………………………………… (rain) hard.

      3   A10………………………………… (you / sleep) in class this morning?

           B   No, I 11………………………………… (not sleep)! I 12………………………………… (try) to memorise irregular verbs for the test.

      4   A   What 13………………………………… (Kate / do) in the head teacher’s office this afternoon? Was she in trouble?

      B   No, nothing like that. She 14………………………………… (answer) questions about the theatre group’s new play.

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