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Exercise on Past Progressive
Positive Sentences
Yesterday at 3 pm the following people were in the middle of an action.
Write positive sentences in past progressive.
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you / play / cards
Alice / walk / around the lake
Caron / listen / to the radio
we / read / a book about Australia
Linda / look for / her ring
Fiona and Sam / visit / the castle
Ben / wash / the car
Kim and I / wait / in the park
My sister / feed / the birds
Greg and Phil / count / their money
Negative Sentences
Somebody believes that yesterday at 3 pm the following people were in the middle of an
action. That cannot be, however, as yesterday at 3 pm these people were not doing those
things.
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Sarah and Luke / not / work
Mister Miller / not / teach / chemistry
Barry / not / drive / a lorry
Mandy / not / have / lunch
Albert / not / play / tennis
Taylor and Bob / not / cycle / home
Annie / not / clean / the table
Benjamin / not / write / an e-mail
Jane / not / exercise / in the gym
Robert / not / buy / flowers
Exercise on Past Progressive
Questions
You want to know whether the following people were in the middle of an action at a
certain time in the past.
Write questions in past progressive.
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Rachel / feed / the cat
the children / paint / a picture
Clark / repair / his computer
Hazel / swim / in the pool
Lucas / have / a shower
Jason and Aron / run / down the street
Betty / do / her homework
Cindy and James / make / dinner
Rebecca / watch / Star Trek
Anita and Linda / sit / in the kitchen
Questions with Interrogatives
Ask for the information in the bold part of the sentence.
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Henry was living in London last year.
Anita was working at a restaurant last week.
Ricky was waiting for Holly.
Sarah was singing a song.
Joe was reading a book.
At six o'clock, Myriam and her family were having dinner.
Bob was walking home because his car had a flat tire.
At half past seven, Mister Logan was driving home.
The children were playing in the sandbox.
Claire was visiting her best friend.
Exercise on Past Progressive
Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).
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When I phoned my friends, they (play) monopoly.
Yesterday at six I (prepare) dinner.
The kids (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
I (practise) the guitar when he came home.
We (not / cycle) all day.
While Aaron (work) in his room, his friends (swim) in the pool.
I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not).
What (you / do) yesterday?
Most of the time we (sit) in the park.
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