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PAST CONTINOUOS - UNIT 6 - EXERCISE

I. Change these following sentences into negative forms, make questions and answer the questions:
1. He was planting trees in the garden at 4 pm yesterday.
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2. They were working when she came yesterday.
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3. She was painting a picture while her mother was making a cake.
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4. Anne was riding her bike to school when Peter saw her yesterday.
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5. He was typing a letter when his boss went into the room.
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II. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past continuous tense.
1. Last night I (read) ............................... when suddenly I (hear) ............................... a shout.
2. The postman (come) ............................... while I (have) ............................... lunch.
3. When we (go) ............................... out, it (rain) ............................... .
4. (You/ watch) ............................... TV when I (phone) ............................... you?
5. We (meet) ............................... Ann at the party yesterday, she (wear) ............................... a lovely white dress.
6. The boys (break) ............................... the window while they (play) ............................... football.
7. I was home late, but my friends (wait) ............................... when I (arrive) ................................
8. He said that he (not drive) ............................... fast when the accident (happen) ................................

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9. Tom (fall) off the ladder while he (paint) ............................... the ceiling.
10. What (you/ do) ............................... at this time yesterday?
11. I ___________________down the street when it begin to rain (go)
12. At this time last year, I ___________________an English course (attend)
13. Jim ________________ under the tree when he heard an explosion (stand)
14. The boy fell and hurt himself while he _________________ a bicycle (ride)
15. When we met them last year, they______________ in Santiago (live)
16. The tourist lost his camera while he________________ around the city (walk)
17. The lorry _______________ very fast when it hit our car (go)
18. While I ____________________in my room, my roommate ___________________ a party in the other room (study/ have)
19. Mary and I___________________ the house when the telephone rang (just leave)
20. We __________________ in the café when they saw us (sit)
III. Use the suggested words and phrases to make meaningful sentences.
1. We/ have/ dinner/ when/ telephone/ ring.
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2. I/ walk/ along/ street/ when/ sudden/ I/ hear/ footsteps/ me/./ Somebody/ follow/ me/./ I/ frighten/ and/ start/ run/./
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3. When/ we/ watch/ a/ television program/ call/ “Little flowers”/ last night/ the electricity/ go/ out/./
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4. What/ be/ you/ and/ friends/ do/ at/ 4 p.m/ yesterday/ afternoon/?/
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5. While/ I/ wait/ at/ the/ bus stop/,/ it/ start/ rain/ heavily/./
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IV. Choose the correct tense by underline the word:
1. I saw/ was seeing the accident when I was waiting for the taxi.
2. What were you doing/ did you do when I phoned?
3. They didn't visit/ weren't visiting their friends last summer holiday.
4. It rained/ was raining heavily last July.
5. While people were talking to each other, he read/ was reading his book.
6. Chris was eating/ ate pizza every weekend last month.
7. While we were running/ run in the park, Mary fell over.

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8. Did you find/ Were you finding your keys yesterday?

9. Who was she dancing/ did she dance with at the party last night?
10. They were watching/ watched football on TV all day.