Past Continuous
COMPLEX SENTENCE
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE
Find the mistake in this sentence:
Tenses
100

TTV / watching / was / she / yesterday / evening

Was she watching TV yesterday evening?

100

they / playing football / were / after / the bell / rang

Were they playing football after the bell rang?

100

She is watching TV the evening. 

IN

She is watching TV in the evening.

100

She don’t like apples.

doesn’t

100

She ___ to school every day.
A. go
B. goes

B. goes

200

football / playing / were / they / after / school

Were they playing football after school?

200

she / doing homework / was / when / the teacher / called

Was she doing homework when the teacher called?

200

She was doing homework when I called her.
 (when)

She was doing homework when I called her.

200

Which sentence is correct?
A. She go to school every day.
B. She goes to school every day.

B. She goes to school every day.

200

Change the sentence to past tense.

They play football after school.

Answer: They played football after school.

300

music / listening / was / he / last / night

Was he listening to music last night?

300

they / stopped / playing / when / it / started raining

Did they stop playing when it started raining?

300

She was cooking dinner  he was watching TV.
 (while)

She was cooking dinner while he was watching TV.

300

Choose the correct verb:
They ___ playing now.
A. is
B. are

B. are

300

Question: What tense is this sentence?
She is watching TV now.

Answer: Present Continuous

400

sleeping / was / the baby / yesterday / afternoon

Was the baby sleeping yesterday afternoon?

400

what / was / she / doing / when / the phone / rang

 

What was she doing when the phone rang?

400

He was listening carefully the teacher explained the lesson.
(while)

He was listening carefully while the teacher explained the lesson.

400

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?

He don’t like milk.

Answer: Incorrect
Correction: He doesn’t like milk.

400

Question: Complete the sentence using present continuous.
He ___ (study) for the test at the moment.

Correct sentence: He is studying for the test at the moment.

500

what / were / they / doing / when / the teacher / came

  • What were they doing when the teacher came?

500

what / were / they / doing / when / the teacher / suddenly / came

What were they doing when the teacher suddenly came?

500

I saved my money I could buy a new phone.
 (so that)

I saved my money so that I could buy a new phone.

500

Find and correct the mistake in this sentence:

When she arrive home, she eats dinner.

Answer: arrive → arrives
Correct sentence: When she arrives home, she eats dinner.

500

Question: Choose the correct tense.
When I ___ home, they were eating dinner.
A. arrive
B. arrived


 B. arrived