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TEFL exercises - Pre-intermediate materials - Past Continuous

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Use each verb in the past continuous to complete the following sentences:

Example    Amanda [feel] ______ sick so she went home this morning.

                Amanda [feel] was feeling sick so she went home this morning.

1 ‘Mary and I [watch]
the new drama on TV last night.’
2 ‘What did the teacher say?’ ‘I don’t know. I [not listen]
.’
3 ‘Where was Sharron?’ ‘She [talk]
on the phone.’
4 ‘It [not rain]
so I didn’t need my umbrella.’
5 ‘The doorbell [ring]
, but they were in the back garden.’
6 The children [play]
football in the park.
7 The thief [wear]
a black baseball cap and sunglasses.’
8 ‘We [live]
in Bahrain in the 90s.’
9 Why [look]
you
at me like that?
Are you sure?
noYes