Past continuous questions

WORKSHEET 18

Name ______________________________

1 Complete the questions.

3 Unscramble the questions.

Were you Was your mother

Was your father Were your sisters

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Yes, I was.
b) ___________________________ cooking?
c) ___________________________ helping?
d) ___________________________ cooking?

4 Answer the questions.

QUESTIONS

he
she
it

cooking?

cooking?

Plural

cooking?

Singular

cooking?

Were you

we
Were you
they

e) she / a / Was / horse? / riding

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Yes, he was.

Was

d) he / talking / in / Was / class?

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No, they weren't.

c) singing / they / karaoke? / Were

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No, she wasn't.

Was

Was
it raining in Puerto Rico?
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b) book? / reading / a / Were / you

Were you cooking?

a) _________

STOP

a) it / raining / Was / Puerto Rico? / in

To make questions in the past continuous,

use Was / Were + the subject + the verb
in the -ing form.

a) What were you doing yesterday at 5 am?

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was sleeping.
b) What were you doing last Saturday at three
o'clock in the afternoon?
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c) What were you doing yesterday at seven

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o'clock in the evening?

2 Write questions.
Was I looking?
a) I was looking. ________________________

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d) What were you doing last Sunday at five

you painting?
b) You were painting. Were
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o'clock in the afternoon?

c) He was driving. ______________________

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d) She was running. _____________________

e) What were you doing yesterday at half past

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nine in the morning?

e) It was raining. ________________________

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f ) We were cleaning. ____________________

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