Grammar exercises
Grammar bank
5 using / last weekend / You / my computer
1) Complete the sentences with the past
/ were
continuous form of these verbs.
carry heridesit snow study travet-watch 6 He/ in the morning / searching/ for his
homework/ at eight o'clock / was
1 It was very cold last night and it was showing
2 Ltra t o Smolensk by train to visit
5) Correct the questions.
my aunt.
3 My boyfriend worth the
1 Was you reading a magazine? X
Championship match on TV.
Were you reading a magazine?
4 My mother .....Sit.......... in an armchair.
2 It was raining? X
5 The students carry for their
exams.
3 Were they take an English exam at
6 I saw you in town yesterday. You
school?
To........... your bike.
7 She Study... a lot of books. I opened 4 Were you used the computer? X
the door for her.
8 My friend and I...........on the
5 Were he escaping the hurricane? X
beach.
6 They was looking for me? X
2) Complete the text with the negative past
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
I was on a skiing holiday with my family and we
6) Match the sentence halves. Then write
(1) weren't having (have) a good time. The sun
new sentences with when or while.
(2)
(shine) and we
1 The cat stole the fish
(3)
(ski) because there wasn't
2 The thief took my wallet
any snow. We (4)
.....(stay)
3 The teacher read a magazine
in a nice hotel. My dad (5)
4 My mum was waiting for me
(eat) because he was ill, and my sisters (6)
5 I was running to meet my girlfriend
(speak) to me.
6 We were playing football
a) I wasn't looking.
3 Complete the sentences with the past
b) I was making dinner.
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
c) I arrived home.
1 Sarah was reading a magazine, she wasn't
d) I fell over.
doing her homework. (read, not do)
e) I kicked the ball into a window.
2 The students ............. to the teacher.
f) we were taking the exam.
They
.. (not listen, talk)
1 The cat stole the fish while I was making
3 We
on the beach, but we
dinner.
......... in the sea. (lie, not swim)
41. ............. My brother ..................... loud
music in his bedroom. (not sleep, play)
5 The wildfire was near the houses. People
away. They
in their
homes. (run, not stay)
7 Complete the sentences with the past
4 Order the words to make sentences.
simple or past continuous form of the
1 wasn't/lt/ yesterday /raining
verbs in brackets.
It wasn't raining yesterday.
1 He was eating his dinner when he heard
2 driving home from work/ at six o'clock /
a loud noise. (eat, hear)
My father / was
2 Anton and Boris ............ an accident while
Mu frother WOLS driving home to Jock. they..a mountain. (have, climb)
31/ wasn't / last Saturday / playing footpall
3 It............... while we ..............last night.
1 wasn't playing for all last Saturday. (snow, sleep)
4 at nine o'clock / watching TV / weren't/
4
...of you when you
They / yesterday evening
(think, phone)
51
your room while you
with your friends. (tidy, stay)
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