Question

Put the verbs into the correct form, Past Progressive Tense or Past Simple Tense. (Colocar
los verbos en la forma correcta, usando pasado simple y continuo)
1. When I (phone) _______________________ my friends, they (play)
______________________ monopoly.
2. The kids (play) ___________________ in the garden when it (suddenly, begin)
________________ to rain.
3. While Minnie (work) __________________ in his room, his friends (swim)
____________________ in the pool.
4. Jane (wait) ___________________ for his sister when he (see) ___________________ the
most beautiful girl.
5. When we (take out) ___________________ the garbage, it (get) ___________________
dark.
6. The wife (put on) ___________________make-up while the husband (polish)
___________________ his shoes.
7. A: What (you/do) ___________________ when these people arrived?
8. Nobody (listen) ___________________ while the teacher (explain) ___________________
the tenses.
9. I (sit) ___________________ down to dinner, so I (not answer) ___________________ your
call.
10. I (practice) ___________________ the guitar when he (come) ___________________
home.
11. While we (do) ___________________a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie)
___________________ on the beach.
12. She (fill) ___________________ in a questionnaire when the pen (run)
___________________ out of ink.
13. When we last (see) ___________________ him, he (still wear) ___________________ his
gym clothes.
14. Her parents (dance) ____________________ at the ball when the burglar (break)
_____________ into their house.
15. Every day James Lullaby travels to London. Yesterday he (drive) ___________________
his car when he (see)
___________________ a dog in the middle of the road. The dog (watch)

Answer 1

Respuesta:

Put the verbs into the correct form, Past Progressive Tense or Past Simple Tense. (Colocar

los verbos en la forma correcta, usando pasado simple y continuo)

1. When I (phone) phoned my friends, they (play)

playing monopoly.

2. The kids (play) playing in the garden when it (suddenly, begin)

suddenly began to rain.

3. While Minnie (work) working  in his room, his friends (swim)

swimming in the pool.

4. Jane (wait) waiting for his sister when he (see) sew the

most beautiful girl.

5. When we (take out) took out the garbage, it (get) geting

dark.

6. The wife (put on) puting on make-up while the husband (polish)

polished his shoes.

7. A: What (you/do) you did when these people arrived?

8. Nobody (listen) listening while the teacher (explain) explaining

the tenses.

9. I (sit) sat down to dinner, so I (not answer) did't answered your

call.

10. I (practice) practicing the guitar when he (come) came

home.

11. While we (do) did a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie)

lied on the beach.

12. She (fill) filled in a questionnaire when the pen (run)

runnig out of ink.

13. When we last (see) sew him, he (still wear) still wearing his

gym clothes.

14. Her parents (dance) dancing at the ball when the burglar (break)

broke into their house.

15. Every day James Lullaby travels to London. Yesterday he (drive) drove

his car when he (see)  sew

a dog in the middle of the road. The dog (watch)  watching

explicacion:

cuando usamos

when siempre va el pas simple y antes de wen usamos past tence y con while es alreves ademas si es una acion larga usamos past tence y si es corta  usamos past continius tambien una accion repentina