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Past Continuous Prova Avaliativa

This document contains an English language exercise assessing the past continuous tense. It includes filling in blanks with "was" or "were", answering questions in the short form, rewriting sentences in the past continuous, and reading a short story and answering comprehension questions. The story is about a family spending a rainy Saturday at home with visiting uncles. It describes what each family member and the cat are doing in different rooms of the house in the past continuous tense.

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Past Continuous Prova Avaliativa

This document contains an English language exercise assessing the past continuous tense. It includes filling in blanks with "was" or "were", answering questions in the short form, rewriting sentences in the past continuous, and reading a short story and answering comprehension questions. The story is about a family spending a rainy Saturday at home with visiting uncles. It describes what each family member and the cat are doing in different rooms of the house in the past continuous tense.

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Name ________________________No ___ Class____ Date ___/___/___

Teacher: Mariah
Atividade avaliativa

Past Continuous
Complete the sentences using Fill in the blanks with was or were.
the Past Continuous. 1. _______I singing?
1. You______________ TV.(watch) 2. _______ the dog barking?
2. They______ to the teacher.(listen) 3. ______you listening to music?
3. He_________ in the office.(work) 4._______ the boys skating?
4. I__________ the phone.(answer) 5. _______you climbing up a tree?
5. We___________ London.(visit) 6. _____ the cat sitting under the table ?
6. You__________ the flute.(play) 7. ______ your father reading the news?
7. It____________.(rain) 8. _______your parents travelling by car?
8. I__________ my homework.(do)
9. Lucy and Mary___________.
(talk)
Answer the questions using short form:
10. We______________.(dance)
1. Was Peter writing a letter? No, _________.
2. Were you feeling sick ? No,____________.
3. Was I ironing the clothes? Yes,_________.
Put these sentences into negative form.
4. Was your father gardening? No,________.
1. I was dancing with Paul.
5. Was the dog hiding under the bed?
_______________________________
Yes,__________.
2. My grandparents were paying the bill.
6. Was she waiting for you? Yes, _________.
_______________________________
7. Were the children crying? No, _________.
3. Mary was lying on the bed.
8. Was Sheila wearing a skirt? No,
_______________________________
_________.
4. Peter was waiting for the bus.
9. Was I having a bath? Yes, _____________.
_______________________________
10. Were you baking a cake? Yes, _________.
5. We were trying to help her.
_______________________________
6. They were attending the same school.
_______________________________
Rewrite the following sentences in the past continuous.
1. I am having a great time.
_______________________________________________________________________________
2. She’s is phoning her grandparents.
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. John is learning the past continuous.
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Our grandparents are visiting us.
______________________________________________________________________________
5. I am trying to understand this exercise.
______________________________________________________________________________
6. Our teacher is explaining the difference between an adjective and an adverb.
______________________________________________________________________________

Read the following text carefully

It’s a rainy Saturday. It’s raining a lot and Mary and her family are spending the afternoon at

home. Her uncles are visiting them.

Mary and her father are in the living room. Mary is making a draw and her father, Mr.Harris, is

surfing the net. They are also talking.

Mary’s older brother, Peter, is in his bedroom playing computer games. He is a computer fanatic

and he spends much time playing on the computer. His little brother, Jim is also in the living room. He is

playing with his dinosaurs’ collection. Sometimes he teases Mary, he is a really naughty boy.

Mary’s mother, Mrs. Harris, is in the kitchen preparing a snack for all of them. She is making

some tea and talking to Mary’s uncles – Lucy and Tom. They are from the nearest town and stopped by

to say hello.

Fluffy, the family cat, is sleeping on the kitchen’s sofa. We can’t see him in the picture, but he is

a true fluffy cat.

Answer the questions about the text.


1. What day of the week is it? 4. What is Mr. Harris doing?
2. Where is Mary? 5. Is Mrs. Harris preparing a snack in the kitchen?
3. What is she doing? 6. What is Fluffy, the cat, doing?

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