Past Continuous Tense Practice
A Grade 4 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and using the past continuous tense to describe ongoing actions in the past.
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Past Continuous Tense Practice
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Read each section carefully and follow the directions. This worksheet will help you practice using the past continuous tense.
The past continuous tense tells us about an action that was happening at a specific time in the past. It uses 'was' or 'were' and the '-ing' form of the verb.
Example: I was reading a book. They were playing outside.
Choose the sentence that uses the past continuous tense.
1. Which sentence is in the past continuous tense?
She sang a song.
She was singing a song.
She will sing a song.
She sings a song.
Fill in the blank with the correct past continuous form of the verb in parentheses.
1. My brother (play) video games all morning.
2. The birds (sing) sweetly when I woke up.
3. We (watch) a movie yesterday evening.
4. She (read) her favorite book when the phone rang.
Rewrite each sentence using the past continuous tense.
1. The dog barked loudly.
2. They ate dinner.
3. He painted a picture.
Read each sentence. Decide if the verb is in the past continuous tense. Circle T for True or F for False.
1. I was running to the store.
True
False
Write a short paragraph about what you were doing last weekend. Use at least three sentences in the past continuous tense.