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Use the past progressive in the following contexts.

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Use the past progressive in the following contexts.

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Form: Was/Were + verb -ing
1. Action before and after a specific time.
Example: Yesterday at morning, I was eating a breakfast.
2. Interrupted action in the past.
Example: We were doing homework,  when there was a blackout.
3.To start a story/ create an atmosphere.
Example: It was raining, everything was dark, when out of nowhere ...
4. Parallel actions.
Example: I was eating and listening to music, while on the other side of the room my sister was cleaning.

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1. For a completed action in a time before now.
Example: I founded my dog on the street in 2015.
2. For events that were true for some time in the past.
Example: We lived in Sweden for five years.
3. For a list of completed actions in the past.
Example: Josh ate his dinner, brushed his teeths and saw a movie.
4. For habits in the past.
Example: When I was 12 years old, I played basketball
5. To talk about an action in the past that takes place in the middle of another action.
Example: Whe she was arried, I was making our dinner.

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A) He/phone/a friend/an hour ago.
He phoned a friend an hour ago.
He didn't phone a friend an hour ago.
Did he phone a friend an hour ago?

B) My father/buy/a jeep/last week.
He bought a jeep last week.
He didn't buy a jeep last week.
Did he buy a jeep last week?

C) The girls / wear / skirts / to the party.
They wore skirts to the party.
They didn't wear skirts to the party.
Did they wear skirts to the party?

D) I / wash / my hair / last night.
I washed my hair last night.
I didn't wash my hair last night.
Did I wash my hair last night?

E) Jane/send/four e-mails/to Lisa.
Jane sent four e-mails to Lisa.
Jane didn't send four e-mails to Lisa.
Did Jane send four e-mails to Lisa?

F) The old lady / carry / heavy bags /yesterday morning.
She carried heavy bags yesterday morning.
She didn't carry heavy bags yesterday morning.
Did she carry heavy bags yesterday morning?

G) The film / end / very late / last weekend.
It ended very late last weekend.
It didn't end very late last weekend.
Did it end very late last weekend?

H) They / go / to bed / at midnight.
They went to bed at midnight.
They didn't go to bed at midnight.
Did they go to bed at midnight?

I) The children / play / tennis and basketball / at the sports centre.
The children played tennis and basketball at the sports center.
The children didn't play tennis and basketball at the sports center.
Did The children play tennis and basketball at the sports center?

J) You / do / your homework / last weekend.
You did your homework last weekend.
You didn´t do your homework last weekend.
Did you do your homework last weekend?

K) My friend / study / German / last year.
My friend studied German last year.
My friend didn't study German last year.
Did my friend study German last year?

L) I / get up / at seven / last Sunday morning.
I got up at seven last Sunday morning.
I didn't get up at seven last Sunday morning.
Did I get up at seven last Sunday morning?

M) We / visit / our friends / yesterday evening.
We visited our friends yesterday evening.
We didn't visit our friends yesterday evening.
Did we visit our friends yesterday evening?

N) She / have lunch / in an Italian restaurant.
She had lunch in an Italian restaurant.
She didn't have lunch in an Italian restaurant.
Did she have lunch in an Italian restaurant?

O) They / watch / TV / in the living room.
They watched TV in the living room.
They didn't watch TV in the living room.
Did they watch TV in the living room?

P) He / drink / orange juice / for breakfast.
He drank orange juice for breakfast.
He didn't drink orange juice for breakfast.
Did he drink orange juice for breakfast?

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Alex was eating breakfast, while phone rang.

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While they were playing football, it began to rain.

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The sun was shining when he got up.

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Jack was walking down the street when he saw an accident. He colled the police.

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While they were watching TV, a burglar came into the room and stole their money.

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1. What were you doing 10 minutes ago? I was listening to my English class, while I had a smoothie.

2. What were you doing at seven o’clock this morning? I was having breakfast.

3. Were you watching TV at ten o’clock last night? Yes, I was watching television at 10 at night.  I saw the movie "Dance of the 41".

4. What were you thinking about a few minutes ago? A few minutes ago I was thinking about what task to do first.

5. What was our teacher saying a few minutes ago? She was telling us to pair up to do this activity.

6. What were you doing yesterday afternoon at three o’clock? I was doing a pending instrumentation activity and two materials synthesis activities.

7. Was it raining two hours ago? No, it wasn't raining two hours ago.

8. Were we studying English two hours ago? If ‘no’, what were we doing? No, two hours ago I was having breakfast with my mom.

9. What were you doing at noon yesterday? I was doing my materials science homework.

10. What were we talking about one minute ago? We were talking about which question section we wanted to answer.

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1. What were you doing when the phone rang last night?
I was doing my homework, when you called me.

2. What were your friends doing at 6 p.m. yesterday evening?
They was working, taking a class or doing their homework.

3. What were you doing last weekend?
I was watching a movie at home with my family.

4. What was the teacher doing when you first saw her/him today?
She was introducing herself to the whole class, when I saw her.

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It means: This idiom is used as a way of asking someone what they are thinking about.
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Literal traslation: Un centavo por tus pensamientos.
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Spanish equivalent phrase: Daria lo que sea por saber que piensas.

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It means: To make a bad situation even worse.
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Literal traslation: Agregue un insulto a la herida.
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Spanish equivalent phrase: Echarle sal a la herida.

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It means: When something happens very rarely.
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Literal traslation: Una vez en una luna azul.
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Spanish equivalent phrase: Las quinientas.

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It means: Idiom is used to say that two (or more people) agree on something.
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Literal traslation: Ver a los ojos.
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Spanish equivalent phrase: Simon, me late.

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It means: This means "to hear rumor" about something or someone.
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Literal traslation: Escúchalo en la viña.
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Spanish equivalent phrase: Me dijo un pajarito.

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It means: This idiom is used to say that someone missed his or her chance at something.
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Literal traslation: Perder el barco.
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Spanish equivalent phrase: Se te fue la oportunidad de oro, camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente.

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It means: It's raining very hard.
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Literal traslation: Esta lloviendo gatos y perros.
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Spanish equivalent phrase: El chipi chipi.

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It means: Something is very easy.
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Literal traslation: Un pedazo de pastel..
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Spanish equivalent phrase: Sin chiste, a peso.