Past Continuous Tense Exercise 1

Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive). 

1. When I phoned my friends, they (play) ……. monopoly.
2. Yesterday at six I (prepare) ……. dinner. 
3. The kids (play) ……. in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
4.  I (practice) ……. the guitar when he came home. 
5. We (not / cycle) ………. all day. 
6. While Alan (work) ……. in his room, his friends (swim) ……. in the pool. 
7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (not / listen) …………. 
8. What (you / do) ………. yesterday? 
9. Most of the time we (sit) ………. in the park. 
10. I (listen) ……. to the radio while my sister (watch) ……. TV. 
11. When I arrived, they (play) ……. cards. 
12. We (study) ……. English yesterday at 4:00 pm.