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The past continuous is made from the past tense of the verb be and the –ing form of a verb: We use the past continuous to talk about the past: for something which happened before and after another action: The children were doing their homework when I got home. Compare: The children did their homework when (= after) I got home.
1. Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
The past continuous (also called past progressive) is a verb tense which is used to show that an ongoing past action was happening at a specific moment of interruption, or that two ongoing actions were happening at the same time. Read on for detailed descriptions, examples, and past continuous exercises.
Use the past continuous and the past simple of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences about each picture.
Past Continuous or Past Progressive Exercises (I was going). Practise using the Past Continuous in English. Fill in the correct form.
How can we make the past continuous? Firstly, check that you know how to make the past simple with 'be' (subject + was / were). Then just add verb-ing. Click here to download this explanation as a pdf. Click here for practice on how to USE the past continuous. Here's the positive form: I was sleeping; you were working; he was coming; she was ...
Try making the past continuous (or past progressive) tense - this exercise includes the positive and negative forms. Click here to review how to make the past continuous.
