PAST PROGRESSIVE

Past Simple-Past Progressive Past Simple-Past Progressive How to use the Past Progressive and the difference between Past Simple and Past Progressive I _ my bike when I saw my mother. was riding were riding rode As Kathy _ the house, she met her neighbor left was leaving were leaving When Ken _ this morning, his parents were eating breakfast. woke up was waking up were waking up I _ tennis when it started to rain. played was playing were playing I was working at the library _ I saw my friends. while as when Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the Past Simple or the Past Progressive While I was running (run) in the park, it started (start) to rain. While Diana was swimming (swim) yesterday, Suzy was reading (read). The waiter was serving (serve) soup, when he suddenly fell (fall) and spilled (spill) some of the soup on the guest. What were you doing (you yesterday at 19:00? I was eating (eat) pizza. When the principal entered (enter) the room, the students were yelling (yell) at the teacher. When Janet arrived (arrive) at the party last night, everyone was dancing (dance) Mrs. Jones was talking (talk) on the phone when her son returned (return) home. We were sleeping (sleep) when the plane landed (land). Were you taking ( you a shower when the thieves broke into (break into) your house? We were baking (bake) some cookies when the fire started (start). Last week, as Karla was walking (walk) in her neighborhood, a puppy suddenly appeared (appear) beside her. This was (be) a surprise! Karla likes dogs a lot, so she stopped (stop) to pet the puppy. The puppy had (have) big ears, and he wagged (wag) his tail without stopping.Karla began (begin) walking again and she noticed (notice) that the puppywas following (follow) her. The puppy stayed with Karla until they came (come) to a yard where there were (be) three big dogs behind a fence. The dogs were barking (bark) loudly at Karla and the puppy. The puppy stopped (stop). He didn't want (not want) to go any further. He turned (turn) around and ran (run) home quickly without looking back.