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Monday, 24 December 2012

PAST CONTINUOUS_EXERCISES



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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