Change the verbs in brackets to the Past Continuous to show that two actions are happening at the same time and for the same length of time.

1) I _____ on the grass relaxing while the band _____ classical music. (lie) (play)

2) It was a cold day. The wind _____ hard and the rain _____ heavily. (blow) (fall)

3) John _____ in the sea while the children _____ on the beach. (swim) (play)

4) We _____ the plans while our boss _____ about the project. (draw) (talk)

5) While John _____ the presentation, nobody _____. (give) (listen)

17. In the sentences below, something or someone interrupted the action. Insert the correct form of the verb (shown in brackets at the end of each sentence) into the spaces.

1) A group of friends were having dinner in an old house in the country when suddenly there _____ a noise and the door _____ slowly. (be) (open)

2) John was sitting in his office reading the newspaper when he _____ the sound of a car crash in the street. (hear)

3) Mary was walking home late one night when a strange man _____ her and _____ for a cigarette. (stop) (ask)

4) Policeman Plod was leaving home one morning when his wife _____ to him from the door. "You've forgotten your umbrella!" she said. (call)

5) We were driving along a country road when suddenly a fox _____ out in front of the car and _____ at us. (jump) (look)

6) While I was studying my English grammar lesson, my roommate _____ in and _____ he wanted to watch the television. (come) (say)

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses (Past Simple or Past Continuous).

Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela _____ (call). She said she _____ (call) me on her cell phone from her biology classroom. I asked her if she _____ (wait) for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she _____ (talk) to me. I couldn't believe she _____ (make) a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on. She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students _____ (sleep, actually) in class. Some of the students _____ (talk) about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her ____ (draw) a picture of a horse. While we _____ (talk), I _____ (hear) her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line _____ (go) dead. I _____ (hang) up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I _____ (cut) vegetables for a salad, the phone _____ (ring) once again. It _____ (be) Angela, but this time she _____ (not/sit) in class.

Future Continuous Tense

Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Continuous Tense.

1) This time next month I _____ (sit) on a beach.

2) I'll call for her at 8. — No, don't, she still _____ (have) breakfast then.

3) I _____ (wait) for you when you come out.

4) My son will be in the 6th form next year. That means that old Dr Adder _____ (teach) him mathematics.

5) In a hundred years' time people _____ (go) to Mars for their holidays.

6) It's a serious injury but he_____ (walk) again in six weeks.

7) I'll come at three o'clock. — Good. I _____ (expect) you.

8) Stand there, they _____ (change) the guard in a minute and you'll get a good view.

9) You'd better go back now, your mother _____ (wonder) where you are.

10) We've just got to the top in time. The sun _____ (rise) in a minute.

Use the verbs below as the Future Continuous or Future Simple.

1) I _____ (see) them tomorrow. — I _____ (tell) them what you said.

2) You _____ (work) all tomorrow evening?

3) She _____ (stay) in Leeds all weekend.

4) She _____ (visit) our office next week. — I _____ (ask) her then.

5) I _____ (see) the sales manager at the marketing meeting on Monday and I'm sure she _____ (give) me the figures then.

6) I _____ (not/be able) to lend you a car tomorrow. I _____ (use) it all night.

7) Next year they _____ (live) in Spain.

8) I _____ (work) at home tomorrow. You can call me there.

9) They _____ (come) round for dinner tomorrow evening. I ______ (show) them the photos then.

10) At four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon we _____ (fly) over Paris.

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