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Bilingualism Team
Level 3 Activity 2 Evidence 1 Evidence name Past Progressive Vs. Simple Past
Name VICTOR ANDRES CORDOBA PEREA Horario DIURNA

1. Structure:

The affirmative form The negative form The interrogative form

Subject +“be” (past) + verb + ing Sub. + “be”(past) + not + verb + ing. “be” (past) + subject + verb + ing.

Examples: Examples: • Was I running fast?

• I was running fast.
• He was watching TV.
• She was doing her homework.
• It was snowing.
• You were laughing.
• We were playing football.
• They were exercising.
• I was not running fast.
• He was not watching TV.
• She was not doing her homework.
• It was not snowing.
• You were not laughing.
• We were not playing football.
• They were not exercising.
• Was he watching TV?
• Was she doing her homework?
• Was it snowing?
• Were you laughing?
• Were we playing football?
Were they exercising?

2. Activities:
A- Fill in the blanks with “was” or “were”:

1. Jane _________
WAS doing homework.
2. We _________
WERE eating chips.
3. The dog _________
WAS barking.
4. Mum _________
WAS cooking dinner.
5. The boys _________
WERE playing baseball.
6. Dad _________
WAS watching TV.
7. It__________
WAS raining outside.
8. The baby__________
WAS crying.
9. The girls__________
WERE listening to music.
10. I __________
WAS taking a photo.
11. They __________
WERE running very fast.
12. You _________studying
WERE at home.

B. Put the verbs in brackets in the past progressive:

WAS DRINKING
1. John _______________________________ coffee. (drink)
WERE READING
2. They ____________________________ the text. (read)
WERE GOING
3. We __________________________ for Easter holidays. (go)
WAS PRACTICING sport. (practice)
4. Mum ___________________
WAS PAINTING the house with dad. (paint)
5. I __________________
6. The children __________________
WERE WATCHING TV. (watch)

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 7. You ____________________
WAS TALKING to Kate. (talk)
8. The dog ____________________
WAS CHASING the cat. (chase)
9. It _____________________
WAS SNOWING outside. (snow)

C. Turn the following sentences into questions in the past progressive:

1. They have dinner. _WERE THEY HAVING

DINNER?___________________________________________________________?

2. WAS I LISTENING TO MUSIC?

I listen to music. ______________________________________________________________?

3. WERE WE WATCHING TV TOGETHER?

We watch TV together. ________________________________________________________?

4. It was raining. _______________________________________________________________?

WAS IT RAINING?

5. WAS THE DOG BARKING?

The dog barks. _______________________________________________________________?

6. WERE ALL THE PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN CLASS?

All the pupils participate in class. _________________________________________________?

7. She takes photos. _____________________________________________________________?

WAS SHE TAKING PHOTOS?

8. WAS HE PLAYING GUITAR?

He plays guitar. _______________________________________________________________?

9. Cindy and Kate ride their bikes. __________________________________________________?

WERE CINDY AND KATE RIDING THEIR BIKES?

10. You look very depressed. _______________________________________________________?

WERE YOU LOOKING VERY DEPRESSED?

D. Complete the text. Use the Simple Past or the Past Continuous:
WAS
It _____________(be) a rainy day of November. We________________
CAME (come) from school at

2o’clock. We __________________
WERE NOT (not be) very hungry but we ____________________
WERE (be) too cold.

WERE WALKING (walk) with my umbrella, we ____________________

While we __________________ FOUND (find) a coin. It

____________________(not
WAS NOT be) a normal coin, it ______________________
WAS (be) a strange coin. We

_________________
WERE NOT CONTINUE (not continue) walking. We _________________
WERE (be) a bit nervous. What should

we do? Maybe, we _________________

HAD (have) to put the coin where we _________________
FOUND (find)

DID
it. We _________________ (do) this. We _________________
W E R E W A L K I N G (walk) on the street, when a tall man

_________________
ASKED (ask) us for the coin. We _________________
W E R E T E L L I N G (tell) him that the coin

WAS
_________________ (be) at the beginning of the street. We _________________
KNEW (know) what

H A P P E N E D (happen), so we _________________
_________________ C O N T I N U E D (continue) walking.

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