Yesterday, it was raining and thundering all day. Ann was playing
inside the house. She wanted to be outside. She wasn't playing outside
because it was raining. She was feeling tired of being trapped inside
the house.
Ann was trying to keep busy inside the house. She
was reading her book until the electricity went out. Then, she decided
to practice her sewing. She was practicing sewing until lunchtime.
After lunch, she sat by the window and watched the rain.
While
Ann was watching the rain, the phone rang. Her mother was calling to
say she was coming home. She was bringing a new game. Ann and her
mother ate ice cream and played the game.
While they were playing, the rain stopped! But Ann didn't even notice.
She was having such a good time with her mom!
Exercises
A. Answer the following questions. Use the Past Progressive tense.
1. Where was Ann playing yesterday? Why wasn't she playing outside?B. Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences, yes/no questions, WH-questions (using the underlined word) and tag questions.
Examples for the sentence "Sam was watching a movie last night."
C. Change each verb into the Past Progressive tense. (Form => was/were + verb + ing)