Past Continuous
The kids __________ football at 3 pm yesterday.
a) was playing
b) were playing
b) were playing
Sam ______ a cup when she was washing the dishes.
a) was breaking
b) broke
a) jumped
b) chased
b) chased
Tony ______ when he was a child.
a) couldn't swimming
b) couldn't swim
c) couldn't to swim
Change the adjective into an adverb:
EAGER
EAGERLY
Janet ____________ to me in class.
a) wasn't listening
b) weren't listening
a) wasn't listening
I ________ at the bus stop when it rained.
a) wasn't waiting
b) didn't wait
a) wasn't waiting
I _____ my sister's pencil case in the closet.
a) fell over
b) ran away
c) hid
c) hid
My teacher ______ German when he was eleven.
a) could speaking
b) could speak
c) could to speak
b) could speak
Thomas drives _________.
a) slowly
b) slow
a) slowly
Dad _________ (shop) in town on the weekend.
was shopping
The student's cellphone ______ while we were doing the test.
a) was ringing
b) rang
b) rang
Eventually, the police _________ the thief.
a) chased
b) caught
c) ran away
b) caught
Complete the sentence using could or couldn't and the verb in brackets:
We _____________ (understand) English last year.
could understand
They are ______ players.
a) quickly
b) quick
b) quick
They _________ (not watch) TV yesterday.
weren't watching
Complete with the verb in brackets and the correct form:
We _____________ (watch) TV when my mom came home.
were watching
I'm so angry at Jack! He just took my snack and __________!
ran away
Complete the sentence using could or couldn't nd the verb in brackets:
______ your sister _______ (read) when she was five?
Could / read
We finished the exercise _______.
a) silently
b) silent
c) silentily
a) silently
Unscramble the words to form a sentence in the Past Continuous:
for / were / Carlos and Tim / lunch / What / preparing / ?
What were Carlos and Tim preparing for lunch?
Complete the sentence with the verb in brackets and the correct form:
They were dancing when someone __________ (knock) at the door.
knocked
My friends and I were doing some parkour. We _______ over a wall and ______ in a garden.
a) hid / ran away
b) jumped / climbed
c) jumped / fell over
d) fell over / jumped
c) jumped / fell over
Unscramble the words to form a sentence:
couldn't / instruments / as / a / any / child / I / play / musical
I couldn't play any musical instruments as a child
My bedroom is _______.
a) tidyly
b) tidy
c) tidly
b) tidy