Past in Motion

This worksheet provides students with practice forming the past continuous tense by inserting the correct was/were + verb-ing form into each sentence. The scenarios represent everyday activities, helping learners connect grammar to real-life events. Students must pay attention to subject-verb agreement and context clues to choose the correct verb form. The activity strengthens understanding of how the past continuous describes actions that were in progress at a specific moment. Repetition across different sentences reinforces grammatical accuracy. This worksheet is ideal for building foundational fluency with progressive past forms.

Curriculum Matched Skills

Grammar – Past Continuous Formation

Grammar – Subject-Verb Agreement

Reading – Using Context Clues

Writing – Completing Sentences Accurately

This worksheet is part of our past continuous tense worksheets collection.