Past Continuous (1)

Let's practise the past continuous!

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We use the past continuous for an action that was suddenly interrupted by another one. For example: I was doing my homework when the telephone rang. Signal words: when, while
The past continuous also describes a past habit of someone or something that happened again and again: "He was always leaving the door open".

How to form this tense: Use the simple past of "to be": "was" for I and he/she/it and "were" for you, we and they and then add "-ing" to the verb.
For example: I was watching TV. OR We were having lunch.

The children ______ shouting.

Solution:
were

I was __________ my dog when I met him.

Solution:
walking

We ______ practising our text for the theatre show every day.

Solution:
were

Lucy ______ on the phone when I came home.

Solution:
was

Lenny was always __________ a movie on Sundays.

Solution:
watching

They were __________ in the treehouse after school.

Solution:
meeting

We ______ driving down our street when we saw the accident.

Solution:
were

I ______ looking out of the window.

Solution:
was

My brothers were always __________ about their toys.

Solution:
fighting

When I was __________ home I saw a little bird on the road.

Solution:
cycling

My parents ______ jumping for joy when they won the lottery.

Solution:
were

I ______ listening to music when you called.

Solution:
was

He was __________ her every week.

Solution:
visiting

We were often __________ at my aunt's house on weekends.

Solution:
staying

Leyla was __________ a story when her brother interrupted her.

Solution:
writing