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Past Progressive

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    In this game you will get familiar with the uses and forms of the past progressive tense.
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  • PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates something that was happening at some point in the past. True or false?
    True
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  • Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive). "When I phoned my friends, they (play) ___________ monopoly.
    were playing
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  • Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive). "I _______(practice) the guitar when he came home."
    was practicing
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  • Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).Most of the time we______(sit)in the park.
    were sitting
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  • Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive). "I tried to tell them the truth but they _____(not listen).
    weren't listening
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  • The Past Progressive tense usually shows that an action in the past lasted a short period of time. True or false?
    False
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  • The past progressive is also called past continuous. True or false?
    True
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  • "I was watching/ watched TV when she called."
    was watching
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  • Write a sentence in past progressive. "My little sister and I __________ (not watch) a movie."
    My little sister and I were not watching a movie.
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  • The past progressive tense can describe two actions that were in progress at the same time in the past. true or false?
    True
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  • Complete the sentence with past progressive or past tense. "I _____(eat) grapes when she ______(arrive)."
    was eating / arrived
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  • Complete the sentence using the past progressive tense. "The sun_____(shine) when I woke up this morning. shone / was shining/ shined
    was shining
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