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A2

Past continuous – English Grammar Exercises for A2

8 exercícios

1. Complete the sentences with the past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

  • 1)
    When we arrived at the station, my uncle was waiting (wait) for us in the car park.
  • 2)
    It (snow) hard when we got to our hotel.
  • 3)
    (you, fl y) over the Alps when the turbulence started?
  • 4)
    How fast (you, drive) when the accident happened?
  • 5)
    Where (you, stand) when the thief stole your handbag?
  • 6)
    Did you get lost because your GPS (not work)?

2. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

  • My mother and I (1) ) had (have) a terrible journey from London to Edinburgh last weekend. First, when my brother (2) ) (drive) us to the airport on Saturday evening, his car (3) ) (break down) on the motorway. In the end, we (4) ) (miss) our plane and (5) ) (buy) some new tickets for the flight on Sunday morning instead. However, on Sunday morning we (6) ) (wait) for our flight when it (7) ) (start) snowing heavily, and they (8) ) (decide) to close the airport. So we (9) ) (take) a taxi to Euston Station and (10) ) (buy) tickets for the 2 pm train to Edinburgh.

3. Complete the sentences with the past continuous or past simple forms of the verbs in brackets.

  • 1)
    The train (leave) the station, when I (realise) I was on the wrong train.
  • 2)
    When I (travel) around Australia, I (lose) my passport.
  • 3)
    I (run) for the bus when my bag (open) and all my things (fall) out.
  • 4)
    I (drive) to a family wedding when my GPS (stop) working.
  • 5)
    Someone (steal) my bag when I (stand) in the queue for a ticket.

4. Complete the sentences with the past continuous forms of the verbs.

  • 1)
    A year ago, (I / live) with my parents.
  • 2)
    At nine last night, (we / sleep)
  • 3)
    A What (you / do) at midnight on New Year’s Eve?
  • B We (watch) the celebrations on TV.
  • 4)
    (she / not study) when I got home, (she / chat) to her friends online.
  • 5)
    A (Most people / not wear) suits for the job interview.
  • B What (they / wear)?

5. Choose the best form for each verb. There is one past simple verb and one past continuous verb in each sentence.

  • 1)
    The Internet stopped / was stopping when I watched / was watching a film.
  • 2)
    She walked / was walking down the street when she saw / was seeing her friend.
  • 3)
    He left / was leaving his job when he studied / was studying for his exams.
  • 4)
    I did / was doing some cleaning when I heard / was hearing the news on the radio.
  • 5)
    We felt / were feeling tired when we got / were getting home.
  • 6)
    I didn’t visit / wasn’t visiting Cancún when I worked / was working in Mexico.
  • 7)
    I wasn’t looking / didn’t look when I crashed / was crashing my bicycle into a tree.

6. Use the past continuous and the past simple of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences about each picture.

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  • 1)
    When I down the street, I ten pounds. (walk, find)
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  • 2)
    It when she the house. (rain, leave)
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  • 3)
    When you me, I dinner. (call, cook)
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  • 4)
    They quietly when the teacher back. (not work, come)

    • 7. Choose the correct verb forms.

    • I had a terrible journey. I (1) ) walked / was walking to the train station and it started raining. And then the train was twenty minutes late. When it (2) ) came / was coming, I (3) ) found / was finding a seat by the window. Some girls (4) ) played / were playing music on their mobiles, but it was great music. That was OK, but I (5) ) read / was reading my book when the train (6) ) arrived / was arriving at the next station. Two people got on and a man (7) ) sat / was sitting down next to me and he started talking loudly on his mobile. He (8) ) told / was telling someone about his new car, his job – everything! He was still talking when the train (9) ) got / was getting in to the station.

    8. Correct the sentences.

    • 1)
      When I did some housework, I heard the news on the radio.
    • When I was doing some housework, I heard the news on the radio.
    • 2)
      When we were getting to the station, the train was just arriving.
    • 3)
      My wife phoned me while I waited for my plane.
    • 4)
      A man was taking my wallet while I was waiting in the queue for my ticket.
    • 5)
      Last year, we were going on holiday to Greece for two weeks.
    • 6)
      I was driving to the airport when I was seeing the accident.

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