Past Continuous_Solutions

Complete the text with the correct past continuous affirmative and negative forms of the verbs.

Last weekend my family decided to go for a picnic in the park. At 9 a.m., Dad              [was putting, were putting] things in the car, and my brother and sister              [was looking, were looking] for the dog. Mum             [were making, was making] the sandwiches. Everyone was busy, but I                 [wasn't helping, weren't helping, was helping, were helping] them. In fact, I               [was doing, wasn't doing, were doing, weren't doing] anything because I was still in bed!

Complete the text with the correct past continuous affirmative and negative forms of the verbs.

One day last summer something really surprising happened to us at the beach. The weather was great, so lots of people               [were swimming, was swimming] in the sea. l             [were buying, was buying] ice creams from a shop with my parents, and my brothers              [were playing, was playing] football on the beach. Everyone                 [wasn't enjoying, was enjoying, were enjoying] the lovely weather until someone suddenly shouted, ‘SHARK!’ There was a shark in the water, but luckily it didn't try to eat anyone. Perhaps it                 [was feeling, were feeling, wasn't feeling, weren't feeling] hungry

Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

Yesterday at 6 p.m. we             (have) dinner.