Exercise 40. A. Put the verbs into the past progressive. 1.When I phoned my friends, they (play )........ games . 2.Yesterday at six I (prepare) .........................dinner. 3. The kids (play) .......in the garden when it suddenly began to rain. 4.I (practice) ........................the guitar when he came home. 5.We (not / cycle) ......................................all day yesterday 6. While Aaron (work) ...........in his room, his friends (swim) ........in the pool. 7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not) ................ 8.What ......you (do ) .................at 8 am yesterday? 9. Most of the time last Sunday , we (sit) ..............................in the park. 10. They (walk )................on the street when they saw the accident . 11. I ( study)………… while he ( make)……………. dinner. 12. While Ellen ( read)………….., Tim ( watch)………. television. 13. ……. you (listen) …………..while he ( talk)…………? 14. I (not pay)….. attention while I ( write)….. the letter, so I made several mistakes. 15. What ……. you (do)…… while you ( wait)………?