Past continuous questions exercises

Exercise on past continuous questions

Make past continuous questions.

When I met Joseph, he was on the phone for half an hour.

Are you joking? What about? (he | talk)

I had an accident on my way to work this morning.

Oh, no. What ? (you | do)

Bob can't remember where he was yesterday at 8 o'clock.

with his partner at the tennis court? (he | not practise)

I think I saw your wife in a car last night.

Really? the car? (she | drive)

I was trying to get in touch with you when the Internet stopped working.

What time the Internet? Can you remember? (you | use)

Guess what I was doing between 5 and 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon.

Wait a minute. your new bike? (you | ride)

I wasn't at the airport when Marry and Mark arrived.

Why at the airport? Did you oversleep? (you | not wait)

As I was coming home last night, I could hear some noise from our neighbour's house.

an argument as usual? (they | have)

The company was going on with the reconstruction when I was there.

And what on when you arrived there? (they | work)

What time did you come back home yesterday? I didn't hear you.

I came back at about 10 o'clock. so early? (you | sleeping)

Past continuous Exercises with answers, PDF worksheets and grammar rules with examples.

Suitable for elementary - intermediate learners of English as a foreign language.