Past Progressive Story 1, Page 1
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Who was she Where was she What was ha!!ening Yesterday, Yesterday, it was raining and thundering all day. day. Ann was play playin ing g insi inside de the the hous house. e. She She want wanted ed to be outs outsid ide. e. She She wasn wasn't 't play playin ing g outs outsid ide e beca becaus use e it was was ra rain inin ing. g. She She was was feeling tired of being trapped inside the house. Ann Ann was was tryin rying g to kee eep p busy busy insi inside de the the hous house. e. She She was was reading her book until the electricity went out. Then, she decided to practice her sewing. She was practicing sewing until until lunc luncht hti ie. e. After ter lunc lunch, h, she she sat sat by the the wind window ow and and watched the rain.
!hile Ann was watching the rain, the phone rang. "er other was calling to say she was coing hoe. She was bringing a new gae. Ann and her other ate ice crea and played the gae. !hile they were playing, the rain stopped# $ut Ann didn't even notice. She was having such a good tie with her o# %opyright & (1) *la +ur " wwwreallylearn english.co
Past Progressive Story 1, Page
Past Progressive Story 1 # E$ercises %& %nswer the following 'uestions& se the Past Progressive tense& 1.!here was Ann playing yesterday- !hy wasn't she playing outside .!hat was Ann doing before the electricity went out!hat was she doing until lunchtie ). At the end of the story, the rain stopped. !hat was Ann doing
B& Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences yes*no 'uestions W+,'uestions (using the un-erline- wor- or !hrase) an- tag 'uestions&
E$a.!les for the sentence /Sa. was watching a .ovie last night&0 egative2 Sa was not watching a ovie last night. 3es*o 4uestion2 !as Sa watching a ovie last nightW+,4uestion2 !hat was Sa doing last night-
5ag 4uestion2 Saw was watching a ovie last night, wasn't he-
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Past Progressive Story 1, Page ) 1. Ann was playing inside the house.
egative2 3es*o 4uestion2 W+,4uestion2 5ag 4uestion2 . "er other was calling.
egative2 3es*o 4uestion2 W+,4uestion2 5ag 4uestion2 ). She was bringing a new gae.
egative2 3es*o 4uestion2 W+,4uestion2
5ag 4uestion2
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C& Change each ver6 into the Past Progressive tense& (7or. 89 was*were : ver6 : ing) 1.0ast week 2visit3 y brother in 4rance. .At 5 o'clock she 2cook3 dinner. ).Sally 2study3 while 6an 2play3.
/.She
2sing3
while
they
2eat3 dinner. 5.t 2work3 yesterday. 7.They 2swi3 until it started to rain. 8.The dog 2bark3 all night long. 9.:y sisters 2laugh3 at y story. ;.The cat 2sleep3 on y bed last night. 1(. The girls yesterday.
2talk3
during
class
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Past Progressive Story 1, Page 5
Past Progressive Story 1 # %nswers %& %nswer the following 'uestions& se the Past Progressive tense& 1.!here was Ann playing yesterday- !hy wasn't she playing outside- Ann was playing inside. She wasn't playing outside because it was raining. .!hat was Ann doing before the electricity went out!hat was she doing until lunchtie$efore the electricity went out, Ann was reading. She was practicing her sewing until lunchtie. ).At the end of the story, the rain stopped. !hat was Ann doingAt the end of the story, Ann was playing a gae and eating ice crea with her other.
B& Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences yes*no 'uestions W+,'uestions (using the un-erline- wor-) an- tag 'uestions& 1. Ann was playing inside the house.
egative2 Ann was not playing inside the house. 3es*o 4uestion2 !as Ann playing inside the houseW+,4uestion2 !ho was playing inside the house-
5ag 4uestion2 Ann was playing inside the house, wasn't she-
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Past Progressive Story 1, Page 7 . "er other was calling.
egative2 "er other was not calling. 3es*o 4uestion2 !as her other callingW+,4uestion2 !ho was calling5ag 4uestion2 "er other was calling, wasn't she). She was bringing a new gae.
egative2 She was not bringing a new gae. 3es*o 4uestion2 !as she bringing a new gaeW+,4uestion2 !hat was she doing5ag 4uestion2 She was bringing a new gae, wasn't she-
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C& Change each ver6 into the Past Progressive tense& (7or. 89 was*were : ver6 : ing) 1.0ast week was visiting 2visit3 y brother in 4rance. .At 5 o'clock she was cooking 2cook3 dinner. ).Sally was studying 2study3 while 6an was playing 2play3. /.She was singing 2sing3 while they were eating 2eat3 dinner. 5.t was working 2work3 yesterday. 7.They were swiing 2swi3 until it started to rain. 8.The dog was barking 2bark3 all night long. 9.:y sisters were laughing 2laugh3 at y story. ;.The cat was sleeping 2sleep3 on y bed last night. 1(. The girls were talking 2talk3 during class yesterday.
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