Exercise on Past Progressive

Was or Were
Decide whether to use 'was' or 'were'.

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Boris learning English. They swimming in the lake. Your father repairing the car. I reading a magazine. You packing your bag. My friends watching the match on TV. It raining. The dog barking. The children brushing their teeth. Anne and Maureen singing a song

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. Write negative sentences in past progressive.

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Sarah and Luke / not / work Mister Miller / not / teach / chemistry Barry / not / drive / a lorry

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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

Exercise on Past Progressive

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.

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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.