Universidad Autnoma Latinoamericana

Facultad de Contadura
Reading Comprehension II-Grammar Activity

PAST CONTINUOUS
1. WRITE SENTENCES IN PAST CONTINUOUS:
a. I / read / about Greek mythology
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b. You/ not-watch / a movie about Hercules
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c. My brother / write / about Medusa
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d. Hellen / not-study/ the Achilles heel story
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e. King Midas / transform / everything into gold
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f. Atlas / hold / the whole world on his back
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g. We / not-practice / our parts for the mythological play
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h. Annie and her friends / listen to / a lecture about mermaids.
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i. They / not-talk / about the Trojan Horse
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j. I / not-do/ my homework about Greek mythology
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2. ORGANIZE THE SENTENCES IN THE CORRECT ORDER:

a. Minotaur / people / Theseus / to / the / because / was / were / kill / dying / trying
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b. Creating / machine / Daedalus / flying / was/ a
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c. Labyrinth / and / Minotaur / girls / the / the / killing / in / boys/ was
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d. Making / Cassandra / prophecies / was
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e. Of / was / a / Pandora / box / evils / opening / full
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3. COMPLETE THIS CHART:

QUESTION
AFFIRMATIVE
Were you studying
yesterday?
I was reading a book.

NEGATIVE

You werent watching the

play.
Was Michael sleeping?
Jane was watching the
news.
We werent speaking
about that.
Was she brushing her
teeth?
We were visiting some
friends.
I wasnt buying the ring.
Were they traveling?
4. WRITE ABOUT FIVE ACTIVITIES YOU WERE DOING LAST WEEK:
a.__________________________________________________________________
b.__________________________________________________________________
c.__________________________________________________________________
d.__________________________________________________________________
e.__________________________________________________________________
5. WRITE A SENTENCE USING PAST CONTINUOUS ACCORDING TO THE
PICTURE.

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