B1: put the verbs in the past progressive tense
1.at this time last year, they (build)this house
2. I(drive)my car very fast when you called me
3. I (chat)with my friends while my teacher(teach)the lesson yesterday
4.my father (watch)TV when I got home
5.at this time yesterday,I(prepare)for my son’s birthday party
6.what you(do)at 8pm yesterday?
7.where you(do)when I saw you last weekend?
8.they(not go) to shool when i met them yesterday
9.my mother (not do) the housework when my father came home
10.my sister(read)books while my brother (play) football yesterday afternoon
11.i(do)my homework when he phoned me last night
12.they(wait)me at 7o’clock last night
13.my children(play)with the toys while i(prepare)dinner
14.we(talk)on the phone at this time yesterday
15.he (walk) home when he saw the accident
16.at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon we(play)football in the school yard
17.it started to rain when we(watch)TV
18.when they(have)a drink,a waiter dropped a pile of plates
19.some one (call)me while i (go) jogging in the park yesterday morning
10.Tung always (ask) me some the same quetions when he stayed at my house
B2:choose the best answer(the past progressive tense of the simple past tense)
1.alice(saw/was seeing)the accident when she was catching the bus
2.what(were you doing/did you do)when i called?
3.i (didn’t visiter/weren’t visiting)my friends last summer holiday
4.it(rained/was raining) heavily last July
5.while people were talking to each other,he(read/was reading)his book
6.my siter(was eating/aet) hamburgers every weekend last month
7.while me(were running/ran)in the park,mary fell over
8.(did you find/were you finding)your keys yesterday?
9.who(was she dancing/didi she dance)with at the party last night?
10.they(were watching/watched)football on TV at 7 pm yesterday
B1:
1: were building
2: was driving
3: was chatting – was teaching
4: was watching
5: was preparing
6: were…doing
7: were…doing
8: weren’t going
9: wasn’t doing
10: was reading
11: was doing
12: were waiting
13: were playing
14: were talking
15: was walking
16: were playing
17: were watching
18: were having
19: was calling – was going
20: was asking
B2:
1: saw
2: were you doing
3: didn’t visite
4: rained
5: was reading
6: ate
7: were running
8: Did you find
9: did she dance
10: were watching
1 were buiding
2 was driving
3 was chatting/was teaching
4 was watching
5 was preparing
6 were you doing
7 were you doing
8 weren’t going
9wasn’t doing
10 was reading/was playing
11 was doing
12 were waiting
13 were playing/was preparing
14 were talking
15 was walking
16 were playing
17 were watching
18 were having
19 was calling/was going
20 was always asking
21 saw
22 were you doing
23 didn’t visit
24 rained
25 was reading
26 was eating
27 were running
28 (did you find
29 didi she dance
30 were watching