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The document provides a grammar exercise to practice using the past progressive tense. In the first section, students are asked to complete sentences describing what people were doing in the park by filling in the blanks with the past progressive form of verbs. The second section continues the exercise with a conversation between Jake and Paula about what specific people were doing in the park the previous afternoon. The third section asks students to match descriptions of activities people were engaged in at 6pm the previous day with pictures. The document is a straightforward exercise to reinforce use of the past progressive tense in English.

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Past

The document provides a grammar exercise to practice using the past progressive tense. In the first section, students are asked to complete sentences describing what people were doing in the park by filling in the blanks with the past progressive form of verbs. The second section continues the exercise with a conversation between Jake and Paula about what specific people were doing in the park the previous afternoon. The third section asks students to match descriptions of activities people were engaged in at 6pm the previous day with pictures. The document is a straightforward exercise to reinforce use of the past progressive tense in English.

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1. What was happening in the park?

Complete the sentences with the past progressive


affirmative or negative form of the verbs.

1- Chris _______________ (shout).

2- Juan and José ______________ (ride) their

bikes.

3- Sara and Eva _____________ (dance).

4- Elsa ____________ (play) tennis.

5- Pablo _____________ (kick) a ball.

6- Jorge ______________ (talk) on his cell

phone.

2. Look at the picture in exercise 1 and complete the conversation. Use the past progressive
form of the verbs.

argue – have – listen – not look – play – not play – read - run

Jake: Was Jorge in the park yesterday afternoon? I guess he __________________ soccer with
the other boys.

Paula: No, he ________________ soccer. He _________________ a book.

Jake: Someone told me that Sara and Eva ________________ about music again. They never
agree!

Paula: No, that isn’t true. They _________________ in the park and they ______________ fun
together.

Jake: Was Elsa with them?


Paula: No, she __________________ to her favorite songs. I think wanted to speak to her, but
she _________________ at him.

3. What were the people doing at 6pm yesterday? Look at the picture, read the sentences

and write the correct number.

a. The man was talking on the phone.

b. The boys were playing a game.

c. The old woman wasn’t sleeping. She was reading a book.

d. The woman wasn’t dancing. She was doing exercise.

e. The girls weren’t watching TV. They were arguing.

f. The old man was eating dinner.

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