Past Progressive Choose the correct verb Yesterday at seven in the evening I (sit, sat, was sitting) in a restaurant While I (eat, ate, was eating) and (drink, drank, was drinking), I (see, saw) the newspaper lying on the floor It (have, had, was having) big headlines: “Young boy Looking For Donor” This is part of Edward’s story, a boy who _ (have, had, has) a kidney transplant in the past He is telling us of his past “While my friends _ (play, played, were playing) football, I _ (lie, lay, was lying) in my bed The doctors _ (give, gave, was giving) me a dialysis to clean my blood While the machine _ (work, worked, was working), my family _ (sit, sat, was sitting) near my bed When I _ (come, came, was coming) home last night, my mother _(cook, cooked, was cooking) dinner, my father _ (water, watered, was watering) the garden and my baby sister _ (sit, sat, was sitting) on her swing She _ (sing, sang, was singing) a song to herself There _ (was, were) some excitement at the railway station When the train from Tel Aviv _ (come, came, was coming) into the station a mother duck and her goslings (baby ducks) _ (walk, walked, were walking) on the rails They _ (go, went, were going) very slowly The station officer _ (try, tried, was trying) to chase them away, but they _ (don’t want, didn’t want) want to go Luckily at the last minute they _ (disappear, disappeared, were disappearing.) I am an animal lover and I like to watch programs about saving animal life This is what I _ (hear, heard) on last weeks program about the life of an ill treated dogs While the London police _ (walk, walked, were walking) in the streets, they suddenly _ (hear, heard) the noise of a dog The noise _ (come, came was coming) from the back of a car A prankster _ (steal, stole, was stealing) a little dog and _ (puts, put, was putting) it in the back of a car As the police _ pass, passed, were passing) by, they _(hear, heard) the dog It _ (cry, cried, was crying) The police _ (listen, listened, were listening) carefully They _ (decide, decided, were deciding) to open the boot (of the car Poor doggie It _ (lie, lay was lying) in there in the trunk while the pranksters _ (have, had, were having) fun Don’t forget! LOOK AFTER YOUR ANIMALS THEY LOVE YOU DEARLY!! Yesterday at three o’clock in the afternoon I _ (take) m y afternoon nap when suddenly I _ (hear) a noise It _ (be) a big car that belonged to the municipality It _ (clean) the sidewalks near my home My pet dog _ (not, like) the noise, so while the big car _ (work), it _ (bark)