I.      The past continuous: Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question: Example:    At this time yesterday they (play) __were playing___ football.                   At this time yesterday they were not playing football.                   At this time yesterday were they playing football?          1.      At this time yesterday we (play) __________________ tennis in the schoolyard. 2.      At 7:00 pm yesterday (watch) ________________________ TV. 3.      Yesterday while my father (watch) _____________________ TV, my mother (read) the newspaper, my sister (do) _______________________her homework and I (play) ____________ chess with my friend. 4.      What were you doing when I phoned you?  I (have) ____________________a bath. 5.      She (do) __________________________her homework at the time yesterday. 6.      Marry (water) ______________________the flowers at 3:00 p.m yesterday. 7.      They (visit) __________________________the zoo at ten o’clock yesterday. 8.      Peter and I (do) _____________________the exercise at this time last night. 9.      Last night my father (feed) ________________________the pigeons at 7:00. 10.   At this time last year we (learn) _______________________English in London. Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense or the past continuous: 1.      When I (arrive) ____________ at this house, he still (sleep) ______________. 2.      The light (go) _________ out while we (have) _________________dinner. 3.      Bill (have) ________________ breakfast when I (stop) _____________ at this house this morning. 4.      When I (arrive) ___________________at this house, he still (sleep) ________________________. 5.      As we (cross) ______________________the Street, we (see) _____________________an accident. 6.      Tom (see) ______________a serious accident while he (stand) __________________at the bus stop. 7.      The children (play) _________________ football when their mother (come) ___________back home. 8.      The bell (ring) ______________________while Tom (take) ___________________ a bath. 9.      He (sit) ______________________in a car when I (see) ______________________him. 10.   We (clean) _____________________the house when she (come) _______________yesterday.

1.      At this time yesterday we (play) ______were playing____________ tennis in the schoolyard.

2.      At 7:00 pm yesterday (watch) _________was/were watching_______________ TV.

3.      Yesterday while my father (watch) _______was watching______________ TV, my mother (read)  was reading the newspaper, my sister (do) _________was doing______________her homework and I (play) _____was playing _______ chess with my friend.

4.      What were you doing  when I phoned you?  I (have) _______was haing_____________a bath.

5.      She (do) _________was doing_________________her homework at the time yesterday.

6.      Marry (water) _______was watering_______________the flowers at 3:00 p.m yesterday.

7.      They (visit) ________were vitting__________________the zoo at ten o’clock yesterday.

8.      Peter and I (do) _________were doing____________the exercise at this time last night.

9.      Last night my father (feed) ______was feeding__________________the pigeons at 7:00.

10.   At this time last year we (learn) _____were learning__________________English in London.

Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense or the past continuous:

1.      When I (arrive) _____arrived_______ at this house, he still (sleep) _____sleeping_________.

2.      The light (go) __went_______ out while we (have) _____were having____________dinner.

3.      Bill (have) _____was having___________ breakfast when I (stop) ______stopped_______ at this house this morning.

4.      When I (arrive) _____arrived______________at this house, he still (sleep) ______sleeping__________________.

5.      As we (cross) _______were crossing_______________the Street, we (see) __________saw___________an accident.

6.      Tom (see) ____saw__________a serious accident while he (stand) ________was standing__________at the bus stop.

7.      The children (play) _____were playing____________ football when their mother (come) _____came______back home.

8.      The bell (ring) ________rang______________while Tom (take) ______was taking_____________ a bath.

9.      He (sit) __________was stting____________in a car when I (see) ________saw______________him.

10.   We (clean) _______were cleaning______________the house when she (come) _____came__________yesterday.