Answer Key

Exercise 3

Choose the correct form of the verb in the following sentences.
  1. The President's car  [was moving] slowly down the road when suddenly a shot was fired.
  2. I  [was having] the time of my life until my girlfriend arrived.
  3. The teenagers  [were talking] during the entire program.
  4. When I arrived at their house, they  [were having] dinner.
  5. As I was walking down the street, I  [saw] your wife with another man.
  6. Who  [was calling] all morning? The phone  [rang] twenty or thirty times!
  7. While I  [was playing] ice-hockey last night, I broke my left arm, three ribs, twisted my ankle and hit both knees.
  8. When I came to her room, she  [was crying] .
  9. What  [were you doing] at about 7 o'clock?
  10. He  [dropped] his wallet while he  [was running] to the train station.