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Practice · B1 Intermediate

6 ways into
Past Continuous.

Fill blanks, build sentences, sort words, hunt mistakes — submit and get detailed feedback on every answer.

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6 exercises

  1. Fill in the blankUp next

    Exercise 1 of 6 · 14 blanks

    Past Continuous - A Day at the Beach

    Complete the sentences using the past continuous. Choose the correct answers from the dropdown and think about what people were doing at the beach when different events happened. Some sentences may have more than one blank, so be sure to complete all of them.

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  2. Fill in the blank

    Exercise 2 · 12 blanks

    Past Continuous - At the Office

    Complete the sentences using the past continuous. Choose the correct answers from the dropdown and think about what people were doing at the office when different events happened.

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  3. Build the sentence

    Exercise 3 · 10 sentences

    Build Past Actions and Speaker Focus

    Tap the words in the correct order to build each sentence. Notice background actions, temporary situations, simultaneous activities, repeated habits, and completed events. One word does not belong.

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  4. Build the sentence

    Exercise 4 · 10 sentences

    Build Process, Repeated Habits, and Speaker Focus

    Tap the words in the correct order to build each sentence or question. Contrast process with result, notice annoying repeated behaviour, and avoid continuous forms with stative verbs. One or two words do not belong.

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  5. Sort into columns

    Exercise 5 · 5 sets

    Sort Past-Continuous Clues and Uses

    Place every tile in the column where it belongs. Use the grammar clue in each tile. A board only counts when all of its tiles are in the right place.

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  6. Find the mistake

    Exercise 6 · 12 corrections

    Past Continuous - Find and Fix

    One word in each sentence is wrong. Tap it, then choose the correction.

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About this practice

Put Past Continuous into practice with 6 interactive fill-in-the-blank, sentence-building, word-sorting, and error-correction exercises at B1 (Intermediate) level. Submit each exercise to get detailed feedback, see the correct answer in context, and build confidence in real sentences. Retry any exercise as many times as you like. Want the rules first? Back to the lesson.

  • Fill-in-the-blank questions with multiple-choice answers
  • Sentence-building questions: tap the words into the correct order
  • Word-sorting questions: tap each word into the column it belongs in
  • Error-correction questions: spot the wrong word, then choose the fix
  • Feedback after submission