Past Continuous (2)

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.

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Marie was __________ about a cartoon when I came home.

Solution:
laughing

The puppies ______ growing up fast!

Solution:
were

Peter was always __________ us woolly jumpers.

Solution:
knitting

They ______ playing football when it started to rain.

Solution:
were

He was always __________ into the house with his dirty boots on.

Solution:
walking

We were __________ lunch when Theo came for a visit.

Solution:
having

I ______ looking for my glasses when I accidently sat on them.

Solution:
was

They ______ singing together every week.

Solution:
were

Were you __________ my Christmas present when I came in?

Solution:
hiding

She was often __________ in bed.

Solution:
reading

My friends ______ just telling me about their weekend when the teacher came in.

Solution:
were

Our new house ______ changing fast because of all the renovation work.

Solution:
was

Daisy was __________ to me when she saw me earlier.

Solution:
waving

James and Julian were always __________ in town after school.

Solution:
meeting