Question

B) Complete with the Past Continuous:
1. I _______(play) cards while Mark
_______(watch) TV.
2. _______ (they listen) to music while they
_______(study)?
3. The bees _______(make) honey while the
Sun _______ (shine).
4. She _______(not/ learn) French while she
_______(live) with us.
C) Write sentences as the example using while.
Example : Mother / write / a letter – father / shave
My mother was writing a letter while my father was shaving.
1. Mark / ride / a bike – sister /play / piano
__________________________________________
2. Susan / draw / pictures – grandmother / tell / us / a story
__________________________________________
3. It / rain – we / play / tennis
_________________________________________
D) Write questions:

1. ______________________________________________________________________?
At 8 o’clock I was watching TV.
2. ______________________________________________________________________?
When I saw Mark he was playing football.
3. ______________________________________________________________________?
I was having a shower while my mother was cooking dinner.
4. ______________________________________________________________________?
When we arrived children were playing cards.
5. ______________________________________________________________________?
At midnight Mary and Sue were sleeping
E) Build up sentences with the correct word order. The verb should go into the Past Continuous.
1. loudly / talk / very / Susan . _________________________________________________________
2. and / lunch / Mary / have / John _____________________________________________________
3. accident / there to be/ an __________________________________________________________
4. write / she / not? ________________________________________________________________
5. with / she / go / who? ____________________________________________________________
6. the / stay / Linda / at / hotel? _______________________________________________________

Answer 1

B)1- was playing/ was watching
2-  Were they listening/ were studying
3- was making/ was shining
4- wasn't learning/ living

C) 1-Mark was riding a bike while his sister was playing the piano
2-Susan was drawing pictures while her grandmother was telling us a story
3-It was raining while we was playing tennis

D) 1- What were you doing at 8 o'clock?
2- What was Mark doing when you saw him?
3- What were you doing while your mother was cooking dinner?
4- What were the children doing when you arrived?
5- What were Mary and Sue at midnight?

E) 1- Susan was talking very loudly
2- John and Mary were having lunch
3- ?
4- Wasn't she writing?
5- Who is going with her?
6- Was Linda staying at the hotel?