

Past Continuous Tense
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English
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7th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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5 Slides • 9 Questions
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Past Simple - Used when the action is mentioned and understood to have taken place in the past. The action started and ended sometime in the past but time may or may not be mentioned.
Past Continuous - Used when the action was ongoing at a certain time in the past. This tense is used to describe an action which was in progress in the past.
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FIll in the blanks with the past continuous tense of the verb in the bracket.
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Fill in the Blanks
When I called on my nephews, they (play) ... badminton at the park.
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
Kak Minah (prepare) ... dinner when mum came home from work.
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
The players (play) ... in the stadium when it suddenly started to rain.
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
Prithi (practise) ... her violin when her sister came home.
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
Susan and Lynette (not - hide) ... although the game had started.
Type answer...
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Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in the brackets in the past simple or the past continuous form.
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Multiple Select
While she (drive), she (listen) to some music.
drove, was listening
was driving, listened
was driving, was listening
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Multiple Select
Sheryl (have) dinner when she suddenly (remember) that she hasn't completed her homework.
was having, was remembering
had, was remembering
was having, remembered
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Multiple Select
The students (talk) in the chatroom when the teacher (come) in at 1 p.m.
were talking, came
talked, was coming
was talking, came
talked, were coming
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Multiple Select
While her mum (fry) the fish, Kamini (lay) the table.
was frying, was laying
fried, laid
fried, was laying
was frying, laid
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Both these quizzes will be posted in your class GC. Do try it as many times as possible.
Your highest marks will be recorded as your final accumulated mark for this exercise.

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