Exercise: Past continuous

Complete the dialogue with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

  1. Were you watching (you / watch) TV last night at 9 p.m.?
  2. No, I wasn't. Why?
  3. I was on TV! A policeman was asking (ask) me questions.
  4. Really?
  5. Yes. I was walking (walk) home from school, and I saw an accident.
  6. How did it happen? Was someone driving (someone / drive) too fast?
  7. No, a boy was listening (listen) to his MP3 player on his bike and he crashed.
  8. Oh dear. It's dangerous to listen to music when you're riding a bike.