Past continuous+
Past Continuous-
Past Continuous?
make a sentence
past continuous + past simple
100

They _____________ the guitar when his mom came home . ( play ) 

Were playing

100

When I entered her room, she ………………………. the piano. ( not/play )

Wasn't playing

100

  __ I ________ yesterday at three o'clock?  (work)  

Was working 

100

driving/the Rolls Royce/was/she/time/that.

She was driving the Rolls Royce that time. (drive)

100

 The phone _____ while I _________  breakfast. ( ring/have) 

rang


was having

200

I ______ (sleep) when the telephone rang 

was sleeping

200

My mom ____ (not/cook) when my dad arrived

wasn't cooking

200

___ we _____________ to London at three o'clock? (travel)

Were we travelling 

200

the boy/when/it/raining/was/football/playing/raining/started.

The boy was playing football when it started raining.

200

She ________ math, while her little brother _____

because he fell down. (study/cry)

was studying

cried


300

She ________ gardening in the backyard last night at 3 p.m. (do)

 was doing

300

They ____ _______(not/watch) tv, when the lights went out

weren't watching

300

___ Julie __________ at 5 o'clock yesterday morning? (sleep)  

Was sleeping

300

was/reading/not/he/a newspaper/yesterday at 5 o'clock 

he wasn't reading a newspaper yesterday at 5 oclock

300

They ________  coffee in the afternoon after they ______ work (drink/finish)  

were drinking

finished

400

They _____________ dinner when the dog ran into the kitchen

were eating

400

We ___________ to to school bus to catch it (not/run)

weren't running

400

____ they _____ homework after school? (do)


Were/doing

400

California/eating/not/we/were/burritos/in

We were not eating burritos in California

400

The bus ___________ past me, even though I ________ (drive/run)

drove

was running


500

He ______________ television yesterday at 6 p.m. (watch)

was watching

500

She ___________ to music when the telephone rang (not/listen)

wasn't listening

500

_____ he _______ the house on Saturday? (clean)

Was/cleaning

500

 best/she/writing/friend/is/letter/to/a/her

She is writing a letter to her best friend

500

We ______ ice cream when our cousin ______ at our house (eat/arrive)

were eating

arrived