Exercise 2

    Exercise 1

 Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).

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

2. Yesterday at six I (prepare)  dinner.

3. The kids (play)  in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

      4 .I (practise)  the guitar when he came home.

5. We (not / cycle)  all day.

6. While Ah Cheng (work)  in his room, his friends (swim)  in the pool.

7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not) .

8.What (you / do)  yesterday?

     9. Most of the time we (sit)  in the park


    

   Exercise 2

  Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ing

  Write down the ing form of the following words. Mind the exceptions in spelling.

        1. live → 

        2. run → 

        3. give → 

        4.swim → 

        5.lie → 

        6.sit → 

        7.travel → 

 Exercise 3

 Was or Were

 Decide whether to use 'was' or 'were'.

             1. Kamal  was were  learning English.

             2. They  was were  swimming in the lake.

             3. Your father  was were  repairing the car.

             4.  I  was were  reading a magazine.

             5. You  was were  packing your bag.

             6. My friends  was were  watching the match on TV.

 7.  It  was were  raining.

 8.The dog  was were  barking.

       9. The children  was were  brushing their teeth.

       10. Amir and Manikam  was were  singing a song.
        

         Exercise 4

You want to know whether the following people were in the middle of an action at a certain time in the past.
Write questions in past progressive.

1.Ramasamy / feed / the cat 

2. The children / paint / a picture 

3. Sani / repair / his computer 

4. Imran / swim / in the pool 

5. Manesh / have / a shower 

6. Ali and Abu / run / down the street 

7. Bedah / do / her homework 

8. Amar and Jamilah / make / dinner 

9. Rosli / watch / Star Trek 

10. Ana and Linda / sit / in the kitchen 

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