International Proficiency Academy and Schools (IPAS)

UNIT 6: PAST CONTINUOUS

Name: _______________________
________________________, 2020
Grade: 4

USAGE

Use the past continuous to talk about an action that was in progress at some point in
the past.

Affirmative Negative

I / She / It / He was Verb + -ing was not Verb + -ing

They / We You were walking were not walking

Interrogative

Was I / she / it / he Verb + -ing

Were they / we/ you walking

1: CIRCLE THE CORRECT COMBINATIONS OF WORDS TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.

1 What ___ at eight o'clock last night?
you were doing you doing were you doing
2 The police stopped Willis as ___ to the airport.
was driving he was driving he is driving
3 When I got to school, I realised that I ___ my watch.
were not wearing not was wearing wasn't wearing
4 Anyway, what ___ about? I can't remember.
were I talking was I talking I were talking
5 One of our teachers told us that we ___ hard enough.
not were working weren't working was not working

2: LOOK AT THE CLOCK AND WRITE WHAT THE CHILDREN WERE DOING. USE THE PAST CONTINUOUS.

1 eat / snacks ________________________________________________________________

2 Sara /read a book ________________________________________________________________

3 The children /watch TV ___________________________________________________________

3: WRITE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN THE CORRECT ORDER.

1 at 4 pm yesterday / you / were / doing / What
___________________________________________________________________________?
2 going/ Where/ was/ Amy
___________________________________________________________________________?
3 I / snoring / Was
___________________________________________________________________________?

4: LOOK AND READ. THEN WRITE was, wasn’t, were OR weren’t.

At three o’clock, Peter, Freddy and Vicky X _______________ watching TV but they ✓ __________
sitting on the sofa. Freddy ✓ __________ listening to music. He X _______________ playing the
guitar. Jane and Grandpa X _______________ sitting on the sofa. Jane ✓ __________ doing her
homework.