45521 past progressive

Past Progressive
Choose the correct verb
1. Yesterday at seven in the evening I __________ (sit, sat, was sitting)
in a restaurant. While I ____________ (eat, ate, was eating) and
____________ (drink, drank, was drinking), I ____________ (see, saw)
the newspaper lying on the floor. It ____________ (have, had, was
having) big headlines: “Young boy Looking For Donor”
2.

This is part of Edward’s story, a boy who ___________ (have,

had, has) a kidney transplant in the past. He is telling us of his past.
“While my friends ___________ (play, played, were playing) football, I
___________ (lie, lay, was lying) in my bed. The doctors ___________
(give, gave, was giving) me a dialysis to clean my blood. While the
machine ___________ (work, worked, was working), my family
___________ (sit, sat, was sitting) near my bed.
3.

When I ___________ (come, came, was coming) home last

night, my mother ___________(cook, cooked, was cooking) dinner, my
father ___________ (water, watered, was watering) the garden and my
baby sister ___________ (sit, sat, was sitting) on her swing. She
___________ (sing, sang, was singing) a song to herself.
4.

There ___________ (was, were) some excitement at the railway

station. When the train from Tel Aviv ___________ (come, came, was
coming) into the station a mother duck and her goslings (baby ducks)

___________ (walk, walked, were walking) on the rails. They
___________ (go, went, were going) very slowly. The station officer
___________ (try, tried, was trying) to chase them away, but they
___________ (don’t want, didn’t want) want to go. Luckily at the last
minute they ___________ (disappear, disappeared, were
disappearing.)


5.

I am an animal lover and I like to watch programs about saving

animal life. This is what I ___________ (hear, heard) on last weeks
program about the life of an ill treated dogs. While the London police
___________ (walk, walked, were walking) in the streets, they suddenly
___________ (hear, heard) the noise of a dog. The noise ___________
(come, came was coming) from the back of a car. A prankster
___________ (steal, stole, was stealing) a little dog and ___________
(puts, put, was putting) it in the back of a car. As the police
___________ pass, passed, were passing) by, they ___________(hear,
heard) the dog. It ___________ (cry, cried, was crying). The police
___________ (listen, listened, were listening) carefully. They
___________ (decide, decided, were deciding) to open the boot (of the
car. Poor doggie. It ___________ (lie, lay was lying) in there in the trunk
while the pranksters ___________ (have, had, were having) fun. Don’t
forget! LOOK AFTER YOUR ANIMALS. THEY LOVE YOU DEARLY!!
6.

Yesterday at three o’clock in the afternoon I ___________ (take)

m y afternoon nap when suddenly I ___________ (hear) a noise. It
___________ (be) a big car that belonged to the municipality. It
___________ (clean) the sidewalks near my home. My pet dog
___________ (not, like) the noise, so while the big car ___________
(work), it ___________ (bark).