A) Carter admits feeling nervous […]
PAST PROGRESSIVE
1 To describe two actions that occurred at the
same time in the past we use:
A) Simple Present
B) Present Perfect
C) Simple Past
D) Past Continuous
The Crab and His Mother
Mamma Crab _____ to Baby Crab when she _____
that he was walking sideways. Mamma Crab
said, ‘Why are you walking sideways like that,
my son? You have to walk straight.’
Baby Crab replied, ‘Show me how, dear
mother, and I’ll follow your example.’
Mamma Crab tried and tried, but her efforts
were in vain. She could not walk straight
herself. Then, she saw how foolish she had
been to find fault with her child.
Fonte:Aesop’s Fables
2) (EEAR – 2017.2) Choose the best verbal
form to
have the fable completed, respectively:
A) talked – was noticed
B) was talking – noticed
C) has talked – was noticing
D) has been talking – has noticed
3) (BCT ME – 2011) The -ing form in
“Helicopters were swarming …”, is being used
in the same way as in
B) Soon after arriving at the base, […]
C) […] when he first found out he was
deploying to Iraq […]
D) Carter said his Sather tour has been
extremely rewarding, […]
4) Mark the alternative which contains a
clause in Past Continuous Tense.
A) She got so glad that you are here.
B) I was doing the dishes when the phone
ranged.
C) We are making our best, we can’t do better.
D) They worked as teachers a long time ago.
5) “Two dogs were slowly crossing the dusty
road when we passed by.” The verbal tense in
the passage “ were slowly crossing” is:
A) Present perfect progressive tense.
B) Past perfect progressive tense.
C) Simple Past tense.
D) Past progressive tense.
6) Complete the sentence below with the
correct verbs. Choose the CORRECT answer.
“The plane _________ to make a strange noise
when we _________.”
A) begins / take off.
B) begun / taked off.
C) began / were taking off.
D) begin / was taking off.
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1–D

2–B

3–C

4–B

5–D

6–C