Exercícios sobre Past Continuous

Complete the sentences putting the verb in the parentheses in the past continuous.

a) I _________________a very pleasant book last night. (to read)

b) He _________________ TV when his mother arrived. (to watch)

c) My father and my little brother ______________________ soccer yesterday. (to play)

d) My mother ___________________lunch with her friends last week. (to have)

e) They _____________________hard in their College project. (to work)

Pass the sentences of the exercises number 1 to the negative form.

a) I _________________a very pleasant book last night. (to read)

b) He _________________ TV when his mother arrived. (to watch)

c) My father and my little brother ______________________ soccer yesterday. (to play)

d) My mother ___________________lunch with her friends last week. (to have)

e) They _____________________hard in their College project. (to work)

Which alternative show the correct structure of the past continuous:

a) verb to be (present) + main verb + ing

b) verb to be (past) + to + main verb

c) verb to be (past) + main verb + ing

d) verb to be (present) + to + ing

e) verb to be (past) + ing

(UFRR) Complete the dialogue by choosing the right option:

A: Where did you_______yesterday?

B: Well, I_______downtown.

A: What did you_______there?

B: I_______shopping. Actually, I________some food in the supermarket and I_______to take my husband's shoes to the shoemaker.

A: Oh, Did you________Fred there?

B: Yes, I________him. He_______about you.

A: So, what did you______?

B: I______you_______fine.

A: Thanks.

a) go - went - do - went - buy - had - see - saw - asked - say - said - were

b) go - went - do - went - bought - had - see - saw - asked - say - said - were

c) go - went - did - went - buy - had - see - saw - asked - say - said - were

d) went - go - did - go - buy - have - saw - saw - ask - say - said - were

e) went - went - do - go - buy - had - saw - see - asked - said - say - was