Question

1. Fill in the gaps with the past continuous of the verbs in brackets.

a. Mark ____________________________________________ (study) when the telephone rang.

b. They ____________________________________________ ( not/watch) T.V when Susan arrived.

c. __________ we _____________________ (shop) when we met Susan?

d. I remember ____________________________________________ (not play) tennis at that time.

e. When I____________________________________________ (make) lunch, Susan called me.

f. _______ James ______________________ (do) his homework when his mother asked him for help?

g. While I ____________________________________________ (cross) the street, a car had a puncture.

h. The teacher ____________________________________________ (not/talk) when John arrived.

i. The pupils____________________________________________ (play) when the bell rang.

j. Lucy ____________________________________________ (study) when someone knocked at the

door.

k. ________ one of the students _______________________ (cheat) when the teacher looked at her?

2. Make sentences with past progressive verbs.

a. When I walked in /children fight (affirmative)

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b. At 9.00 on Sunday we watch TV. (Affirmative.)

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c. When I saw him he was holding a paper /but he read (negative)

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d. When you heard them, they speak English? (question)

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3. Judge the items according to the correct usage of the past continuous. Mark true (T) or

false (F).

a. ( T )( F ) When I was walking into the room, everyone was working.

b. ( T ) ( F) We were playing tennis when John hurt his ankle.

c. ( T ) ( F ) Susie were watching a film when she was hearing the noise.

d. ( T ) ( F ) The teacher were writing while the students was talking.

e. ( T) ( F ) He wasn’t taking a shower while his mother was cooking.


4. COMPLETE BLANKS WITH THE SIMPLE PAST OR THE PAST CONTINUOUS FORM OF THE VERBS IN PARENTHESES.


1. WHEN ROGER _________ (ENTER) THE BAR, FLORENCE ________ (SING) A SONG IN THE BAR.

2. ROGER ________ (LISTEN) TO FLORENCE SINGING WHEN GINA _________ (ORDER) FOUR BEERS.

3. GINA ___________ (INTRODUCE) HERSELF WHILE SHE ____________ (WAIT) FOR THE BARTENDER TO BRING

BEER.

4. THEY ___________ (TALK) TO EACH OTHER WHEN GINA _________ (INVITED) HIM TO SIT WITH HER FRIENDS.

5. FLORENCE ___________ (TALK) TO WITH HER FRIENDS WHEN SHE _________ (WAVE) TO ROGER.


5. Write sentences. Use used to or didn’t use to.

My grandparents / go hiking

My grandparents used to go hiking.

a. Felipe / not like / reading

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b. We / go / swimming / after school

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c. Computers / be / more expensive

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d. I / not wear / glasses

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e. People / not have / cell phones

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6. Rewrite the sentences with the correct form of used to.

My dad worked in a mall before he opened his own store.

My dad used to work in a mall before he opened his own store.

a. She studies hard now.

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b. Did he like traveling when he was very young?

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c. Women didn’t wear pants in the nineteenth century, but now they wear them all the time.

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d. My friend and I went to the same school until last year. He lives in another town now.

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Answer 1

Explicação:

Answer the following question about the text genre review. (Respostas em Português são aceitas)

a)Why does somebody write a review?

b)Is it factual or fictional? Justify your answer.