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Past progessive with "As, When, while"

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct verb in past simple vs past progressive 

the weather ......(rain) when I ..... (wake up) this morning

a)

ranning / wake up

b)

were raining / woke up

c)

was raining / woke up

2.

Choose the correct verb:

When my sister ....... (leave) home, We .......(have) lunch.

a)

left/ were having

b)

left / was having

c)

were having / left

d)

leaved / were having

3.

Choose the correct option:

the machine ........(go off) as He ...... (sew) the shoes.

a)

goes off/were sewing

b)

went off / sewing

c)

went off/ was sewing

4.

Choose the correct option:

My mother ...... (buy) expensive shoes when My dad ...... (bring) Vouiton jacket at home

a)

brought / bought

b)

bought / brought

c)

buyed / bringed

5.

Choose the correct option:

As brother ..... (drive) home, he ...... (hear) an explosion.

a)

was driving/ was hearing

b)

drove / heard

c)

was driving / heard

d)

drived / heared

6.

Choose the correct option:

Ximena ......(find) money in the street while she ..... (walk) to job.

a)

was finding / walked

b)

found / walked

c)

found / was walking

7.

Choose the correct option:

Mabel .... (play) the piano loud when I ..... (not put ) attention in my lessons.

a)

was playing / didn´t put

b)

played / didn´t put

c)

was played / wasn´t putting

8.

Choose the correct option:

Viviana ...... (sleep) in the night as I.... (wake up) at 11 p.m.

a)

was sleeping / woke up

b)

slept / was waking up

c)

sleeped / woke up

d)

slept / woke up

9.

Write the correct form :

While they ......(watch) a horror movie, they .... (hear) a strange noise.

(a)  

10.

Choose the correct option:

Maca .... (lose) her life while she ..... (climb) a mountain.

a)

was losing / climbed

b)

lost / was climbing

c)

was losing / was climbing

d)

losed / was climbing

11.

Choose the correct option:

Michael ........ (see) an accident while he ......(wait) in the traffic.

a)

was seeing waited

b)

saw / was waiting

c)

seed / was waiting

12.

Choose the correct form:

As Sofia ......(have), a young child and he ... (not like) to make noise at night.

a)

haved / didn´t liked

b)

was having / wasn´t like

c)

had / didn´t like

d)

haved / didn´t like

13.

Choose the correct form:

When he ..... (finish) his homework, he ...... (go) to shopping with my mom.

a)

finished / were going

b)

was finishing / went

c)

finished / went

d)

finished / was going

14.

Write the correct form of the verb:

Mirela (a)   (build) a car´s paper as a professional.

15.

Choose the correct verb:

Students .......(do) an exercise when the bell ...... (ring)

a)

did / rang

b)

were doing / rang

c)

were doing / ringed

16.

Choose the correct option:

Merlina ..... (clean) the bathroom as in minutes later Ximena ...... (disarrange) it.

a)

cleaned / was disarranging

b)

cleaned / disarranged

c)

was cleaning / disarranged

d)

was cleaning / was disarranging

17.

Choose the correct verb :

As she ...... (listen) regueton music, Her mom ...... (go off) the radio.

a)

was listening / was going off

b)

listened / was going off

c)

was listening / went off

d)

listened / went off

18.

Choose the correct verb:

The baby ..... (play) on the bed as suddenly he .... (fall) on the floor.

a)

was playing / fell

b)

played / were falling

c)

playing / fell

d)

played / was falling

19.

Choose the correct verb

The stylist .... (cut) her finger while she ..... (cut) my hair.

a)

cut / cut

b)

cuting / was cutting

c)

was cutting / cut

d)

cut / was cutting

20.

Choose the correct verb:

When Patricia ..... (walk) at park, suddenly It ....... (start) windy´s air

a)

walked / was starting

b)

walked / started

c)

was walking / was starting

d)

was walked / started