Past Continuous Positive
Past Continuous Negative
Past Continuous Questions
Riddles
100

The animals _____ (was/were) eating bananas.

The animals were eating bananas.

100

Maria wasn't _____ (run/running) very fast.

Maria wasn't running very fast.

100

_____ (Was/Were) he feeling lucky yesterday?

Was he feeling lucky yesterday?

100

7 brothers have a sister. How many sisters are there?

1

200

The children _____ (was sitting/were sitting) in a circle on the grass.

The children were sitting in a circle on the grass.

200

The children _____ (wasn't/weren't) listening to the teacher.

The children weren't listening to the teacher.

200

What _____ (were/was) you wearing at the party yesterday?

What were you wearing at the party yesterday?

200

8:2(2+2)=

16

300

She _____ (was make/was makingcoffee in the kitchen.

She was making coffee in the kitchen.

300

I _____ (wasn't live/wasn't living) here two years ago.

I  wasn't living here two years ago.

300

_____ (Was/Were) he feeling angry last week? Yes, he _____ (was/did).

Was he feeling angry last week? Yes, he was.

300

sally, lisa and bernadette are triplets. but sally and lisa share something that bernadette does not.

L

400

They were _____ (travel/traveling) home late last night. It  _____ (were/was) half past eleven.

They were traveling home late last night. It was half past eleven.

400

They _____ (weren't/wasn'trevising for the test. They _____ (were/was) at the movies instead.

They weren't revising for the test. They were at the movies instead.

400

Write past continuous questions using the following:

you / wear / sweater / yesterday?

Were you wearing a sweater yesterday?

400

a boy had a box containing a total of 8 spiders and beetles. he counted 54 legs altogether. find how may of each were in the box. (spiders = 8 legs, beetles = 6 legs)

3 spiders

5 beetles

500

He _____ (was/were) reading a story on his phone yesterday, while I  _____ (were/was) home watching TV. We _____ (were sit/were sitting) on the sofa together.

He was reading a story on his phone yesterday, while I was home watching TV. We were sitting on the sofa together.

500

His sisters _____ (wasn't/weren't) home last summer, because they went on vacation _____ (travel/traveling) through China. He _____ (wasn't/weren't) allowed to go because was in summer school.

His sisters weren't home last summer, because they went on vacation traveling through China. He wasn't allowed to go because was in summer school.

500

Write past continuous questions using the following:

your / cousins / swim / the lake / after school yesterday?

Were your cousins swimming in/at the lake after school yesterday?

500

There is one in a minute and two in a moment but only one in a million years. what is it?

M