Past Continuous Tense Worksheet Exercises for Class 3 CBSE with Answers

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Past Continuous Tense Worksheet Exercises for Class 3 CBSE with Answers PDF

• We use Past continuous tense when we talk about actions that happened in the past.
• We use was and were as Helping verb.
• We use+ing with the main verb.

Presentation
Read the picture story.

A. Answer the following questions.
1. Why wasn’t Anu playing outside? _________
2. What was Anu feeling the whole day? _________
3. At the end of the story, when the rain stopped, what was Anu doing? _________

B. Change each verb into past continuous tense.
1. Last week, I _________ (visit) my brother in France.
2. At 5 o’clock, she _________ (cook) dinner.
3. Mita _________ (studying) while Harish _________ (play).
4. She _________ (sing) while they _________ (eat).
5. I _________ (work) yesterday.

Past Continuous Tense Worksheets with Answers PDF for Grade 3 CBSE

A. Tick the right option.

1. The children _________ outside.
were playing ( )
was playing ( )

2. The dog _________ at Us.
were barking ( )
was barking ( )

3. My teacher _________ the exercise to me.
was explaining ( )
were explaining ( )

4. I _________ to songs on my mp3 player.
were listening ( )
was listening ( )

5. Those people _________ towards the library.
were walking ( )
was walking ( )

6. The cook _________ a tasty meal.
were preparing ( )
was preparing ( )

7. I _________ to fix my computer.
were trying ( )
was trying ( )

8. My friend and I _________ basketball.
was playing ( )
were playing ( )

B. Make sentences using the past continuous tense to say what Brownie was doing yesterday with the help of pictures given below.