1. The Thompson family. What were they doing on Sunday at 7 o’clock? Mr. Thompson ……………cooking………. (cook) dinner in the kitchen. Mrs. Thompson ………………cleaning…………. (clean) their car in front of their house. Jack and Eve …………siting………………. (sit) in the hall near the fireplace. Jack, their 11 years old son, ………………reading…………. (read) Shakespeare’s sonnets. Eve, at the age of 16, ……playing…. (play) with Barbies. Their grandma and grandpa ……………haveing………………. (have) a good time. Their grandma …………………exercising…………. (exercise) in the gym. Their grandpa ……………ironing……………. (iron) shirts and socks in the living room. They also had two pets. And do you know what they ……………………………………. (do)? Spot, the puppy, …………………catching………. (catch) mice in the garden. And Kitty, the little cute kitten, ……………fighting…………. (fight) with neighbour’s dog.
2.Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).
When I phoned my friends, they play (play) were playing monopoly.
Yesterday at six I prepare (prepare) dinner.
The kids (play) play in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
I (practice) practice the guitar when he came home.
We (not / cycle) all day.
While Aaron (work) in his room, his friends (swim) in the pool.
I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not) What (you / do) yesterday? Most of the time we (sit) in the park