A) Fill in the gaps with the past continuous
of the verbs in brackets:
1.
Mark --------------------- (study) when the telephone rang.
2.
They --------------------- (not/watch) T.V when Susan arrived.
3.
---------------- we --------------------- (shop) when we met Susan?
4.
I remember I --------------------- (not play) tennis at that time.
5.
While I --------------------- (make) lunch, Susan called me.
6.
---------------- James --------------------- (do) his homework when
his mother asked him for help?
7.
While I --------------------- (cross) the street, a car had a puncture.
8.
The teacher --------------------- (not/talk) when John arrived.
9.
The pupils --------------------- (play) when the bell rang.
10.Lucy --------------------- (study) when someone
knocked at the door.
11.--------------------- one of the students --------------------- (cheat) when the teacher looked at her?
B) Correct the mistakes in the sentences
below:
1.
While I walked in, the
children fought.
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2.
On Sunday at 9.00, we were
watching TV and talked.
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3.
When I was seeing him, he hold
a paper; but he didn’t reading.
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4.
When you were hearing
them, did they speak English?
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5.
She wrote a poem when the
light was going off.
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C. Put
the verbs into the correct form (past continuous or past simple):
1. When
I (phone) --------------------------- my
friends, they (play) --------------------------- monopoly.
2. Yesterday
at six I (prepare) ---------------------------
dinner.
3. The
kids (play) --------------------------- in the garden when it suddenly (begin) ---------------------------
to rain.
4. I
(practice) --------------------------- the guitar when he (come) ---------------------------
home.
5. We
(not / cycle) ---------------------------
all day.
6. While
Alan (work) --------------------------- in his room, his friends (swim) --------------------------- in
the pool.
7. I (try)
to tell them the truth few hours ago but they (not / listen ) --------------------------- .
8. What
(you / do) --------------------------- yesterday?
9. What (you / do) --------------------------- yesterday at 10 am?
10. Most
of the time we (sit) --------------------------- in
the park.
11.
I (listen) --------------------------- to the
radio while my sister (watch) ---------------------------
TV.
12.
When I (arrive), ---------------------------
They (play) --------------------------- cards.
13.
We (study) --------------------------- English yesterday at 4:00 pm .
D. Write
correct sentences:
Yesterday at 6 pm your family were doing different
things. Write positive sentences in past progressive.
1.
My mother / read / a novel
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2.
My father / watch / a movie
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3.
My elder sister / writing / in her diary
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4.
My two brothers / listen / to the radio
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5.
My little sister and I / not / watch / a movie
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6.
We / talk / about school
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