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1. Get Involved! American Edition Level 2 © Macmillan Education Limited 2022
Grammar
UNIT
Basics
3
Past progressive
1 Write the -ing form of these verbs.
1 go – going
2 buy –
3 have –
4 swim –
5 take –
6 study –
2 Complete the sentences with was, were,
wasn’t or weren’t.
1 We
were
chatting online at
3:00 pm on Saturday. (+)
2 We couldn’t buy a ticket, as the ticket
machine working. (-)
3 Maria playing video games
all day yesterday. (+)
4 At 7:00 pm, I doing my
homework in my room. (+)
5 My dad was angry because we
listening to him. (-)
6 This time last week, Patricio and
Jorge traveling to a soccer
game. (+)
3 Underline the correct option to complete
the sentences.
1 Where were you going/you were going
last night?
2 You were/Were you talking to Rachel
just now?
3 What Ari doing/was Ari doing at your
house on Friday?
4 Was it raining/rain this morning?
5 Why were you/you were arguing with
your friend yesterday afternoon?
6 Were you/Was you eating breakfast
at 7:00 am?
Simple past and past progressive
4 Choose the correct answers to complete
the sentences.
1 I your dad while I was waiting
for the bus.
a saw b was seeing
2 Simon to work when he got a
flat tire.
a drove b was driving
3 We were having lunch outside when it
to rain.
a started b was starting
4 My cousins learned Arabic while they
in Dubai.
a lived b were living
5 I breakfast while everyone
was sleeping.
a made b was making
6 Magda was looking for her passport
when the taxi .
a arrived b was arriving
when and while
5 Complete the sentences with when or while.
1 My sister was cooking dinner when
my parents got home.
2 James Naismith was working as a P.E.
teacher he invented basketball.
3 I dropped my phone I was
walking to school.
4 We ate all the popcorn we
were waiting for the movie to start.
5 Cherif and Jean-Baptiste were playing
cards we arrived.
6 Pedro studied for his exam he
was having breakfast this morning.