The past continuous tense 

صيغة الفعل الماضي المستمر

Subject فاعل + was كان    +Verb فعل +(ing)+Object مفعول به  
were كانوا

Examples:

  1) I was having a cup of coffee at 4 o'clock yesterday.

  2) She was doing her homework in the afternoon.

  3) We were playing football yesterday.

 

Exercise (1):

Fill in  the following spaces with the suitable choice:

1- Aisha .......... her mother .

(is helping,    are helping,    was helping,    were helping)

2- Linda and Sally .......... their home work yesterday.

(were doing,    was doing,    is doing,    are doing)

3- I .......... studying  Maths  yesterday.

 (am,    is,    was,    were)

4- My friends Mohammad and Adel ...............playing tennis on Sunday.

(is,    are,    was,    were)

5- They .......... using the computer two days ago.

(is,    was,    were,    have)

 6- My father.......................working in the garden  yesterday morning.

(were,    was,    is,    has)

7- The cat ............... drinking the milk.

(is,    were,    was,    are)

8- Peter ..................reading the news paper in the afternoon.

(is,    was,    has,    had)

9- The students ..............................having their exams last week.

(are,    is,    were,    has)

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Exercise (2):

Change  the following sentences into the Negative.

1- The children were playing with the ball.

2- The teacher was talking to the students. 

3- I was having a cup of tea.

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Exercise (3):

Make Questions:

1- The students were studying English.

2- The doctor was talking to the nurse. 

3- I was helping my father.

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