Questões Militares de Inglês - Passado progressivo | Past continuous
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Read the text and answer questions
Ursula! I whispered
Yes, my darling, she said, without __________ her eyes.
What have you got in your basket? I asked. She opened her eyes, startled, and looked at me.
What do you mean? she said defensively.
There is something moving in your basket, I said.
Oh, it’s nothing. It’s just a present for somebody. She said.
Adapted from, FERGUSON, Kenneth. Read for Meaning,
Comprehension tests for First Certificate. Ed. Evans Brothers, first
Published 1975.
Read the text and choose the best response.
The verbs “whispered” and “said” underlined in the text refer to
Complete the sentences with the correct use of the Simple Past and the Past Continuous.
- I was waiting for the bus when I___________ (see) her.
- The children ___________ (argue) when the teacher arrived.
- Everyone___________ (listen) to music when the lights ___________. (go) out.
To fill in the gaps respectively, mark the right option.
Write (T) for true and (F) for false according to the explanation of the tenses in parenthesis.
( ) When you are looking back from a point in past time, and you are concerned with the effects of something which happened at an earlier time in the past. (Past perfect )
( ) When you are concerned with the present effects of something which happened at an indefinite time in the past. (past perfect continuous)
( ) When you are talking about something which continued to happen before and after a particular time. (past continuous)
Choose the alternative that corresponds to the right order.
Investigators trying to find out what happened to a Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared en route to Beijing on Saturday morning were examining the causes of plane crashes: mechanical failure, pilot error, bad weather. But the discovery that two of the passengers were carrying stolen passports also raised the possibility of criminal violence.
(Adapted from “Passport Theft adds mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines Jet”)
GLOSSARY
raised – aumentou, ampliou
Fill in the blanks with the suitable verb forms,
respectively