Past continous tense exercise

The past continuous tense is used to talk about actions or situations that were going on at a specified time in the past.

• I was reading a novel at 8 o’clock last night.
• My mother was watching TV when I got home.
• The boys were listening to the cricket commentary all day yesterday.
• She was crying when I saw her.

The past continuous tense is often used with the simple past tense. In this case, the simple past tense is used to talk about short actions that took place in the middle of a longer background action.

Complete the following sentences using appropriate simple past or past continuous tense forms.