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Objectives:

* Practice the past continuous tense in sentences.
* Use the continuous form of the verb with he past tense of to be.

Complete the sentences using the past continuous form of the verb in parentheses.

1. It was raining (rain) when she arrived to the station.
2. The sun  (shine) when I woke up this morning.
3. She  (eat) breakfast while he  (take) a shower.
4. They  (talking) to the teacher when the director came into the room.
5. He  (work) on his novel when the typewriter stopped working.
6. The boys  (play) in the yard while their mother  (cook) dinner.
7. The kids got sick while we  (drive) to Los Angeles.
8. The weather was nice while we  (stay) at my parents home in L.A.
9. The baby  (take) a nap when her grandparents came to visit.
10. She  (use) the dictionary while answering the questions.
11. They  (make) a lot of noise when their neighbors called the police.
12. The band  (begin) to play when we arrived to their party.
13. I  (complete) the application when they called me into the office.
14. The house  (burn) when the firemen arrived.
15. She  (travel) in South America when she received the news.
16. Mary (read) a book when Peter telephoned.
17. The store (close) when it started to rain.
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