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Past Progressive - Exercise 01: Ejercicios

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EJERCICIOS

Past Progressive – Exercise 01


Change the verb into the correct form, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint"
button to get a free letter if you don't know. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints!
Change the verb into the correct form:

w as eating
1. Yesterday at 5 o'clock I   (eat).

w as dancin
2. Last night, at 10 o'clock she   (dance).

w as cooking w as w atching
3. Tim   (cook) while Susan   (watch) TV.

w as painting w as sleeping
4. Barbara   (paint), and Joe   (sleep).

w ere restting w as cleanning


5. While you   (rest), I   (clean) the house.

w ere sw imming w as running


6. While we   (swim), the other team  (run).

w as alw ays coming


7. Jim   (always come) late to work.

w as alw ays smoking


8. Dorothy   (always smoke) in the room.

w ere alw ays fighting


9. Jack and Bob   (always fight) about something.

w ere constantly chatting


10. These two   (constantly chat). 

w as reading w as listening
11. James   (read) and Emily   (listen) to music.

w as singing w as jumping
12. While the singer   (sing), the crowd  (jump).

w as sleeping w ere laughing


13. The teacher   (sleep), and the students   (laugh).

w as jogging
14. An hour ago I   (jog).

w ere alw ays drinking


15. They   (always drink) too much at parties.

 Check   Hint 
Ejercicios
Ayer a las nueve, toda esta gente estaba haciendo algo. ¿Qué estaban
haciendo?
Escribe las soluciones adecuadas en past progressive.

w as w orking
1. Richard (work)   on his computer at 9 o’clock yesterday.
w ere having
2. Lucy and Tom (have)   dinner.
w as reading
3. I (read)   an article in the newspaper.
w as w atching
4. The children (watch)   a film on TV at that time.
w as chattin
5. Paula (chat)   on the phone with a friend.

Escribe los verbos en past progressive.

w ere sitting
1. When I came into the living room, the cats (sit)   on the table.
w as lying
2. I could tell by his eyes that he (lie)   to me.
w ere playin
3. We (play)   Monopoly when our neighbours rang at the door.
w as listening
4. Helen (listen)   to the radio when she heard a strange noise in the garden.
w as prepating
5. I (prepare)   dinner yesterday when I noticed that the
w asn´t w orking
cooker (work/not)  .

Escribe las preguntas en past progressive.

w ere w hat you doing


1. (what/do/you)   yesterday at six?
w as jane practicing
2. (Jane/practice)   the piano when you came home?
Were w ho talking to you
3. (who/talk/to you)   when I saw you last night?
w ere w hat discussing they
4. (what/discuss/they)   when she went over to them?
w as she typing
5. (type/she)   a message when you interrupted her?
 Comprobar / Ver las soluciones
Completa las frases con la forma correcta del verbo que se encuentra entre
paréntesis.
Sample
We ____ (play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock. 
w ere playing

Q1 of 7
They ____ (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock 
w ere not doin

Q2 of 7
What _was____ he _watching____ (watch) on television when you arrived? 
Q3 of 7
Howard _was liking___ (like) the movie. 
Q4 of 7
My parents _were working___ (work) when I came home. 
Q5 of 7
In 2010, was living____ (live) in a small flat in London. 
Q6 of 7
She _was listening___ (listen) to music when I called. 
Q7 of 7
_was____ it _raining____ (rain) when you left? 
Complete the following sentences with past continuous affirmative, and then turn the sentences
into negative and interrogative. Write short forms:
 
 
was playing
1. She   (play) basketball yesterday at five o’clock.
 
wasn´t playing
She   basketball yesterday at five o'clock. (negative)
 
was playing
 she   basketball yesterday at five o'clock? (question)
 
 
were studying
2. We    (study) hard yesterday afternoon.
 
weren´t studying
We   hard yesterday afternoon. (negative)
 
were studying
 we   hard yesterday afternoon? (question)
 
 
were watching
3. They   (watch) TV when I arrived.
 
weren´t watching
They   TV when I arrived. (negative)
 

were watching
 they   TV when I arrived? (questions)
 
 
were stealing
4. The thieves   (steal) when the police arrived.
 
weren´t stealing
The thieves   when the police arrived. (negative)
 
were stealing
   the thieves   when the police arrived?
(questions)
 
 
were smoking
5. They   (smoke) yesterday in the morning.
 
weren´t smoking
They   yesterday in the morning. (negative)
 
were smoking
 they   yesterday in the morning? (interrogative)

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