Question

Practice I. Use the past tense with ing in the following sentences.

1. Virginia_________ (go) to see the doctor when I met her.

2. She ____________ (read) a magazine while she ________ (wait).

3. She ___________ (sit) in the waiting room when the doctor arrived.

4. He __________ (take) her temperature when the nurse came in.

5. He ________ (listen) to her chest when he said, “take a deep breath.”

6. He ________ (examine) her throat when the phone rang.

7. While the druggist ________ (fill) her prescriptions, she called up a friend.

8. She __________ (sleep) while I ________ (write) those letters.

9. It began to rain while I _____________ (wait) for the bus.

10. People __________ (get on) the bus while others _______ (get off).



Practice II. Use the past tense with ing or the simple past, as required.

1. I ____________ (write) a letter last night.

I ____________ (write) a letter last night when they came.

2. The doctor _______ (give) her a shot for her cold.

The doctor ________ (give) her a shot when she fainted.

3. The sun ________ (shine) brightly all morning.

The sun ________ (shine) brightly when we left.

4. It __________ (rain) hard last night.

It __________ (rain) hard last night when we arrived.



5. I __________ (walk) down Madison Avenue to the theater.

I __________ (walk) down Madison Avenue when you drove by me.​

Answer 1

going

reading

siting

taking

listening

examing

writing

waiting

geting on

geting of