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    The document contains exercises to practice the past progressive and simple past tenses in English. Exercise 1 has students match sentence halves using these tenses. Exercise 2 has them write sentences using phrases and the past progressive. Exercise 3 involves identifying whether a longer or shorter action should be in the past progressive or simple past. Exercise 4 tests distinguishing between these tenses by underlining the correct verb form. The answers and solutions are provided at the end.

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    Klett Sicher im Abi – Klausur-Training Englisch 3

    Übungsblatt 3: Past progressive – simple past

    Übung 1
    Verbinden Sie die beiden passenden Satzhälften.
    1. I was running along the street a. while she was painting the ceiling.
    2. Sharon once saw Harry Styles b. someone was watching him.
    3. Colin scratched the side of his car c. when she called me out of the blue!
    4. We were waiting at the wrong stop d. so I oiled it.
    5. Andy discovered a bird’s nest e. while he was parking in a small space.
    6. I was just thinking about Carina f. so I deleted it.
    7. Toby was nervous because g. when I tripped over a stone.
    8. Kylie fell off the ladder h. so we decided to stay longer.
    9. The door was squeaking, i. while she was waiting at the airport for her flight.
    10. We were enjoying the party, j. when Barry interrupted her.
    11. I was spending too much time on that app k. while he was cutting the hedge.
    12. Donna was concentrating on her work l. so we missed the bus.

    Übung 2
    Schreiben Sie Sätze im past progressive mit den Stichwörtern.
    1. they / stay / Cape Town / few weeks
    2. it / gradually / get / colder
    3. we / relax / lake / yesterday afternoon
    4. she / not listen / I / say
    5. Amy and Dom / plan / get married
    6. I / work / supermarket / summer holidays
    7. we / pay / lot of money / rent / flat
    8. he / not feel / very well / after / party
    9. I / try / remember / her name
    10. she / wear / very expensive / shoes
    11. they / train / 10km race
    12. I / save up / buy / new phone

    Übung 3
    Finden Sie heraus, welche Handlung über einen längeren Zeitraum andauerte und setzen Sie diese ins past
    progressive. Dann setzen Sie entsprechend die kurze Handlung, die dazwischen eintrat, ins simple past.
    Beispiel: read a book phone ring
    While I was reading a book, the phone rang.
    a) get in the car rain
    We in the car while it .
    b) draw picture sneeze
    The children a picture when Peter .
    c) cook break a plate
    Mum when Sarah a plate.

    © PONS GmbH, Klett Lerntraining Stuttgart, 2018 1/3


    Klett Sicher im Abi – Klausur-Training Englisch 3

    Übung 4
    Simple past oder past progressive? Unterstreichen Sie die richtige Verbform.
    1. The phone rang and Ryan answered / was answering it.
    2. It rained / was raining , so I put up my umbrella.
    3. Josh was coughing a lot, so his mum gave / was giving him some medicine.
    4. She came into the room, sat down and lit / was lighting a cigarette.
    5. I could tell by the look on his face that he lied / was lying to me.
    6. Jane saw Craig across the other side of the room but he didn’t notice / wasn’t noticing her.
    7. We could smell that something burnt / was burning .
    8. Did you invite / Were you inviting Dylan to the party?
    9. They kissed / were kissing goodbye just before the train doors closed.
    10. It was difficult to sleep because somebody snored / was snoring loudly in the next room.

    © PONS GmbH, Klett Lerntraining Stuttgart, 2018 2/3


    Klett Sicher im Abi – Klausur-Training Englisch 3

    Lösungen Übungsblatt 3: Past progressive – simple past

    Übung 1
    1. g. 5. k. 9. d.
    2. i. 6. c. 10. h.
    3. e. 7. b. 11. f.
    4. l. 8. a. 12. j.

    Übung 2
    1. They were staying in Cape Town for a few weeks.
    2. It was gradually getting colder.
    3. We were relaxing by the lake yesterday afternoon.
    4. She wasn’t listening to what I was saying.
    5. Amy and Dom were planning to get married.
    6. I was working in a supermarket in the summer holidays.
    7. We were paying a lot of money to rent the flat.
    8. He wasn’t feeling very well after the party.
    9. I was trying to remember her name.
    10. She was wearing very expensive shoes.
    11. They were training for a 10 km race.
    12. I was saving up to buy a new phone.

    Übung 3
    a) We got in the car while it was raining. b) The children were drawing a picture when Peter sneezed.
    c) Mum was cooking when Sarah broke a plate.

    Übung 4
    1. answered 6. didn’t notice
    2. was raining 7. was burning
    3. gave 8. Did you invite
    4. lit 9. kissed
    5. was lying 10. was snoring

    © PONS GmbH, Klett Lerntraining Stuttgart, 2018 3/3

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