3.

Fill in the blanks with Past Simple or Past Continuous

a. They (look) at a nice jacket when they ..(see) the woman
stealing the skirt.
b. As I ..(try) to catch my dog in the park, I (find) a wallet next to a
bench last weekend.
c. Jims mother .(prepare) dinner while Jim (set) the table.
d. He ..(hear) a frightening scream while he..(walk) his dog last
night.
e. The children (watch ) a horror movie when their father..(come)
home.
f. The teacher..(read) Cinderella fairy tale while the children
. (listen) attentively.
Write sentences in past continuous
1.

he / the car / wash

2.

she / home / go

3.

they / not / the match / watch

4.

you / in the shop / work

5.

I / not / a magazine / read

Write questions in past progressive.

1.

she / on a chair / sit

2.

you / your bag / pack

3.

his head / ache

4.

we / tea / drink

5.

you / the bike / repair

The following story is going rounds in Nottingham, a city in which the number of
immigrants is high. A Jamaican (1)(want) desperately to be assimilated by the white
population. His neighbour(2)(own) a big car: so he (3)(buy) the same. His neighbour (4)
(use to) wash his car on Sundays: he (5)(follow) suit. When his neighbour (6)(clip)the
hedge,he (7)(do) so too.But his neighbour never (8)(say) a single word to him. One day
when at last they (9)(stand) face to face over the same lawn-mower and in the shaddow of
the same television aerial,the Jamaican (10)(can) endure the silence no longer:All
right, he said, in one respect at least I am better off than you are;I havent got a
coloured man for a neighbour.

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