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Past Continuous also known as Progressive

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    Practice questions and statements in the negative and affirmative in the past progressive
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  • I ______ (make) a cake while she was shopping for presents. (Put this sentence in the past continuous)
    was making
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  • He ______ (sleep) when she came home. (Put this answer in the past continuous)
    was sleeping
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  • They ______ (swim) and then it began to rain. (Put this sentence in the past continuous)
    were swimming
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  • _______ you ________ (do) your homework when you were supposed to? (Make this sentence a question in the past continuous)
    Were you doing...
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  • _______ they ________ (make) a lot of noise while you were doing your homework? (Make this sentence a question in the past continuous)
    Were they making...
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  • _______ he ________ (eat) junk food again? (Make this sentence a question in the past continuous)
    Was he eating...
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  • _______ the cat ________ (sit) in dad's chair? (Make this sentence a question in the past continuous)
    Was the cat sitting...
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  • The dog _______ (listen-negative) when I called it._______ (Make this sentence negative in the past continuous)
    wasn't listening
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  • She ______ (go) to vote until she learned that women's rights were in jeopardy. (Make this sentence negative in the past continuous)
    She wasn't going to...
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  • She ______ (save) cans to save money and because she cares about the environment. (make this sentence affirmative in the past continuous)
    She was saving...
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  • (Fill in the blank with the verb in the Past Progressive or Simple Past) I ___(vote) yesterday.
    I voted yesterday. (Simple Past)
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  • (Fill in the blank with the verb in the Past Progressive or Simple Past) I ___(clean) the bathroom while he was mopping the floor.
    I was cleaning... (Past Progressive)
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  • The teacher _______ (talk) to me when a new student walked in the class.  (Make this sentence affirmative in the past continuous)
    ...was talking...
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  • The man _______ (drive-negative) to work today because his car needed to be repaired. (Make this sentence negative in the past continuous)
    ...wasn't driving...
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  • What_______ you ________ (do) last night when I called? (Make this sentence a question in the past continuous)
    What were you doing...
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