Unit 2

Grammar Practice

Level 2
1 Write the past continuous form of the verbs
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in the table.

Present continuous

Past continuous

1 I'm studying

I was studying
...........................

2 Where are you going?

...........................

3 It isn't raining.

...........................

4 Is it working?

...........................

5 Carlo isn't playing tennis. ...........................

6 We are having breakfast.

...........................

7 My parents are swimming. ...........................

8 What are you doing?

...........................

2 Complete the questions with the past

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continuous form of the verbs. Then use the
information in brackets to answer the
questions.
Were you playing (you / play) basketball
1 ............................
yesterday? [3]
Yes,
I was.
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3 ............................ (Marco / dance) with
Anna last night at the disco? [3]
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4 ............................ (your brother / do) his
homework at 10.00pm yesterday? [3]
....................................................................

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6 ............................ (she / stand) at the
bus-stop when you saw her? [3]
....................................................................
7 ............................ (we / watch television) at
8.00pm last night? [7]

I wasn't watching television last night.

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2 They were studying for an exam last
weekend.
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3 You were dancing in a disco last night.
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4 Luisa was talking on her mobile phone at
5.30 this morning.
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5 Hugo and Marco were swimming in the river
yesterday evening.
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6 My father was working last weekend.
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7 My teachers were travelling all summer.
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4 Past simple or past continuous? Circle the

&
correct verb form.

1 I was doing / did my homework when my

friend rang.
2 She swam / was swimming 400kms
yesterday.
3 They walked / were walking in the forest
when they heard a noise.
4 I wrote / was writing ve emails this
morning.
5 What time were you arriving / did you arrive
at the party last night?
6 We drove / were driving into town when we
saw a re.
7 Did you see / Were you seeing the Eiffel
Tower when you went to Paris?

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PHOTOCOPIABLE

# Cambridge University Press 2005 Level 2 Unit 2

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

5 ............................ (their grandparents / live)

in Paris in 1910? [7]

1 I was watching television last night.

LEVEL 2 UNIT 2

2 ............................ (your parents / work) in

Amsterdam last month? [7]

3 Make the positive sentences negative.

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