Correct the mistakes.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 743.

Underline the correct form of the verb.

A: What were you doing/did you do at the weekend?

B: Well, we painted/were painting the sitting-room when the lights were going/went off!

A: What was happening/happened?

B: Jenny was slipping/slipped off the ladder and was breaking/broke her leg!

A:Whatdid the children do/were the children doingatthetime?

B: Jules was playing/played with the dog and Claire was talking/talked on the phone.

1. Philip was washing the car while the fire started.

2. Harriet was opening the door and walked into the house.

3. We were having lunch at a lovely restaurant every day when we were on holiday.

4. Brian drank tea at five o'clock yesterday afternoon.

5. I was going to the cinema last Saturday.

6. I was buying a new dress for my party yesterday.

7. Dad was repairing the TV while Mum cooked dinner.

43. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous or past continuous.

1. I (to write) an English exercise now. 2. I (to write) an English exercise at this time yesterday. 3, My little sister (to sleep) now. 4. My little sister (to sleep) at this time yester­day. 5. My friends (not to do) their homework now. They (to play) volleyball. 6. My friends (not to do) their home­work at 7 o'clock yesterday. They (to play) volleyball. 7. You (to eat) ice-cream now? 8. You (to eat) ice-cream when I rang you up yesterday? 9. What your father (to do) now? 10. What your father (to do) from 8 till 9 yesterday? 11. Why she (to cry) now? 12. Why she (to cry) when I saw her yesterday? 13. She (to read) the whole evening yester­day. 14. She (not to read) now. 15. Now she (to go) to school. 16. What you (to do) now? - I (to drink) tea. 17. You (to drink) tea at this time yesterday?- No, I (not to drink) tea at this time yesterday, I (to eat) a banana. 18. My sister is fond of reading. She (to read) the whole evening yesterday, and now she (to read) again. 19. Look! My cat (to play) with a ball. 20. When I went out into the garden, the sun (to shine) and birds (to sing) in the trees.