Exercise on Past Progressive

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

1. When I phoned my friends, they (play) _________ monopoly.
2. esterday at si! I (prepare)__________ dinner.
". #he $ids (play) _________ in the garden %hen it suddenly began to rain.
&. I (practise) _________ the guitar %hen he came home.
'. We (not ( cycle) _________ all day.
). While *aron (%or$) ___________in his room, his friends (s%im)__________ in the pool.
+. I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen ( not)__________ .
,. What (you ( do) _____________ yesterday-
.. /ost of the time %e (sit)___________ in the par$.
Exercise on Past Progressive

Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).
1. When I phoned my friends, they (play) _________ monopoly.
2. esterday at si! I (prepare)__________ dinner.
". #he $ids (play) _________ in the garden %hen it suddenly began to rain.
&. I (practise) _________ the guitar %hen he came home.
'. We (not ( cycle) _________ all day.
). While *aron (%or$) ___________in his room, his friends (s%im)__________ in the
pool.
+. I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen ( not)__________ .
,. What (you ( do) _____________ yesterday-
.. /ost of the time %e (sit)___________ in the par$.
Exercise on Past Progressive

Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).
1. When I phoned my friends, they (play) _________ monopoly.
2. esterday at si! I (prepare)__________ dinner.
". #he $ids (play) _________ in the garden %hen it suddenly began to rain.
&. I (practise) _________ the guitar %hen he came home.
'. We (not ( cycle) _________ all day.
). While *aron (%or$) ___________in his room, his friends (s%im)__________ in the pool.
+. I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen ( not)__________ .
,. What (you ( do) _____________ yesterday-
.. /ost of the time %e (sit)___________ in the par$.

PAST PROGRESSIVE
Use
1) *ctions %ere in progress at special time in the past
Peter %as reading a boo$ yesterday evening.
2) #%o actions %ere happening at the same time (the actions do not influence
each other)
*nne %as %riting a letter %hile 0teve %as reading the 1e% or$ #imes.
") #ogether %ith the 0imple Past
While %e %ere sitting at the brea$fast table, the telephone rang.
&) 2epeated actions irritating the spea$er (%ith al%ays, constantly, forever)
*ndre% %as al%ays coming in late.
') #emporary states, %hereas the simple past describes permanent states
)) Past Progressive 3 0ignal %ords
While, as
Past Progressive
Use
1) *ctions %ere in progress at special time in the past
Peter %as reading a boo$ yesterday evening.
2) #%o actions %ere happening at the same time (the actions do not influence
each other)
*nne %as %riting a letter %hile 0teve %as reading the 1e% or$ #imes.
") #ogether %ith the 0imple Past
While %e %ere sitting at the brea$fast table, the telephone rang.
&) 2epeated actions irritating the spea$er (%ith al%ays, constantly, forever)
*ndre% %as al%ays coming in late.
') #emporary states, %hereas the simple past describes permanent states
)) Past Progressive 3 0ignal %ords
While, as