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PAST CONTINUOUS EXERCISES

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Past Continuous

PAST CONTINUOUS EXERCISES

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doing my: «wos hemmetvon Bast Present Future ‘The telephone rang Doing my homework: Long- period action Continous action Telephone rang: Short-period action Action that interrupts other action e.g. While I was doing my homework, the telephone rang, ‘When the telephone rang.I was doing my homework “second form of the verb A He was having a shower et B_trephone rang A B WHILE he was having a shower, the the phone rang He was having a shower, WHEN the the phone ranga EXERCISE 18 > Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. There may be more than one correct answer. 1. While Rob 2. When the dog ... (bark). a | 4. All the children . .. (hear) the burglars, it. (sleep) when the fire (break out). - (shout) when the headmaster . (come) in. Jack and Tina ..... (start) to snow. oe .. (play) outside when it . BW scasccnarcvoestigs . (you / not pay attention) while 1... (talk)? 7. WHO osscssecsesssssessseessstseseee (Sing) SO loudly While We ....ccccssseesesssesesseese (bry) to sleep? 8. It. + (rain) when we .... {arrive) at the station. 4 ... (write) a composition at the same time as my sister - (play) tennis. 10. They .. .. (See) a good play while they ..vscsessesscesneee (stay) in New York. 11. Yesterday, while I... (ring) the doorbell. (rest), someone .... 12. We vreessssseesesesseeessnseees (ave) such a good time that we (not want) to go home.Photographs are pictures taken to please the family and bore the neighbours. 1 GRAMMAR past continuous a Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous. 1 I was sleping_ (sleep) on my friend's sofa when his, mother came home, What 4 They — child was born. (you / talk) about when I came in? He didn’t call you because his mobile phone (not / work), (live) in Sydney when ther frst 5 T'msorry, (you / watch) that programme? 6 We _— (walk) along the beach when we saw a snake. 7 She (not / drive) when the car hit the tree. [was, git (snow) when they arrived in New York. b Write sentences with when. Use the past simple and past continuous. ‘They J play tennis / start / rain They were playing tennis when it started t0 rain, He / break / his leg / ski The boys / fight / their father / come home A dog / eat / my sandwich /1/ sleep Jin the park Ww the fice / start study /in the library / Edmund Volkan, Amercon sociologist © Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Last summer! |__went_ (go) to Los Angeles to stay with my cousin fora few weeks. One afternoon we (have) lunch in a nice restaurant in the | cere of town when my cousin Ge) 0a | on her mobile phone and went ouside to tak While she | +p torent | (notice) a man ina black hat who Ie (si) atthe next table. it was the actor Johnny Depp! He was alone, and I (decide) (go) to | his table. Excuse me, could have my photo taken with | to take my chance. So | got up and 8 you?’ | asked. He ® (Gay) yes, so! » (Gtop) a waitress who 1 (pass) by and gave her my camera, She #2 (take) the photo of me and Jonny, thanked them both, and then I retumed to my table, When my cousin #_ | (come) back | !__ (sil). "hy are you | ooking so pleased with youse” she asked “Thad my phot taken with Johnry Depp’ ‘tohnay Depp? Whereis he?” ‘Hes siting over there. Lok! | sheimed around to look and then stated to laugh “Thats not Johnny Depp 115 (ook) at the rman inthe black hat ~ he 1 (augh) too. Student's Book p.128 Grammar Bank 28

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