PAST PROGRESSIVE

 

Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).

  1. When I phoned my friends, they (play) were playing   monopoly.

  2. Yesterday at six I (prepare)____________________    dinner.

  3. The kids (play)____________________    in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

  4. I (practice)____________________    the guitar when he came home.

  5. We (not / cycle) ____________________   all day.

  6. While Alan (work)____________________    in his room, his friends (swim)____________________    in the pool.

  7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (not / listen ) ____________________   .

  8. What (you / do)____________________    yesterday?

  9. Most of the time we (sit) ____________________   in the park.

  10. I (listen)  to the radio while my sister (watch)____________________    TV.

  11. When I arrived, They (play) ____________________   cards.

  12. We (study) ____________________   English yesterday at 4:00 pm .

Write correct sentences:

Yesterday at 6 pm your family were doing different things. Write positive sentences in past progressive.

  1. My mother / read / a novel _________________________________________________________  

  2. My father / watch / a movie _________________________________________________________  

  3. My elder sister / writing / in her diary _________________________________________________________  

  4. My two brothers / listen / to the radio _________________________________________________________  

  5. My little sister and I / not / watch / a movie _________________________________________________________  

  6. We / talk / about school _________________________________________________________