Question

A Look at the sentences and circle the correct options

They were talking photos.
He was sitting at that table.
I was serving another customer.

I Each sentence indicates:
a) a longer action in progress at a certain time in the past
b) a shorter action that happened after another action in the past

2 The past progressive is formed by:
) it / am / are + verb – ing
b) was / were + verb – ing

B. Complete the text with the verbs in parentheses in the past progressive.
The phone rang. Detective Banks (1) ___________________ (write) a report and he was not happy with
tire interruption. He answered the phone. "Detective Banks here “he said. Less than a minute later, Banks
(2) ________________(drive) his car through the rainy streets of the city. It (3) _______________ (get)
dark and he streets were busy. People (4) __________________ (do) Christmas shopping. It was 7 p.m.
when he final arrived. he pathologist (5) _____________________ (wait) for him. Two police officers (6)
__________________ (inspect) the scene and others (7) ____________________(take) pictures
Sergeant Mullings (8) __________________ , (sit) in the patrol car. He (9) ______________ (have) a cup
of coffee. When he saw Banks. he got out and followed him down the alley. The body'(10)
______________(lie) ground, cause of death unknown.........

C. Rewrite these sentences to form questions with the given word.
Complete the short answers if necessary.

1. The detective was doing something. What was the detective doing?
2. It was raining. Was _____________________________? Yes _____________________________
3. They were standing at the door. Were_______________________? No ______________________
4. The victim was saying something. What ___________________________________?
5. We were waiting in the car. Were ___________________________? Yes ____________________
6. You were eating something. What ___________________________?

Write things you were not doing ten minutes before you started doing this exercise.

1. I was _____________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

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