初中英语过去进行时练习题及答案

过去进行时练习题

一、用动词的适当形式填空。

1. While we__________ (wait) for the bus, a girl __________ (run) up to us.

2. I __________ (telephone) a friend when Bob __________ (come) in.

3. Jim __________ (jump) on the bus as it __________ (move) away.

4. We __________ (test) the new machine when the electricity ________ (go) off.

5. She __________ (not want) to stay in bed while the others ________________ (all, work) in the fields.

6. While mother ________ (put) Cathy to bed, the door bell ________ (ring).

7. As I __________ (walk) in the park, it __________ (begin) to rain.

8. Even when she ___________ (be) a child she __________ (already, think) of becoming a ballerina(芭蕾舞演员).

9. It was quite late at night. George __________ (read) and Amy __________ (ply) her needle when they __________ (hear) a knock at the door.

10.There __________ (be) a group round the fire when they __________ (reach) it. An old woman __________ (sit) on the ground near the kettle; two small children __________ (lie) near her; a donkey __________ (bend) his head over a tall girl.

11. I_____ (have) my breakfast at half past six yesterday morning.

12. Mary _____ (go) over her lessons from six to seven last night. John and Peter ____ (do) the same thing.

13. What _____ you ___ (do) at that time? We _____ (watch) TV.

14. Was your father at home yesterday evening? Yes, he was. He _____ (listen) to the radio.

15. They _____ (not make) a model ship when I saw him.

16. _____ they ____ (have) a meeting at 4 yesterday afternoon? No, they _____. They _____ (clean) the classroom.

17. ______ it ______ (rain) when you left school? Yes, it ____. (No, it ____)

18. What _____ your father _____ (do) when he was your age?

19. One day, Edison _____ (wait) for a train to arrive, and suddenly a little boy ran to the track(轨道) to play.

20. He asked me if I______ (go) fishing that afternoon.

21. The three of them were in a hurry because their plane _____ (leave) in five minutes.

22. In a letter, John told us that he _____ (come) to China next month.

23. When the bell rang, Jenny _____ (wait) in her seat.

24. She _____ (make) her dress the whole afternoon.

25.While my father ____ (look) through the evening paper, he suddenly ____ a cry.

二、选择题。

1. My brother ___ while he ___ his bicycle and hurt himself.

A. fell, was riding

B. fell, were riding

C. had fallen, rode

D. had fallen, was riding

2. Tom ___ into the house when no one ___. A. slipped, was looking

B. had slipped, looked

C. slipped, had looked

D. was slipping, looked

3. The last time I __ Jane she ___ cotton in the fields.

A. had seen, was picking

B. saw, picked

C. had seen, picked

D. saw, was picking

4. I don' t think Jim saw me; he ___ into space.

A. just stared

B. was just staring

C. has just stared

D. had just stared

5. I first met Lisa three years ago. She ___ at a radio shop at the time.

A. has worked

B. was working

C. had been working

D. had worked

6. ---Hey, look where you are going! ---Oh, I ' m terribly sorry. ________.

A. I ' m not noticing

B. I wasn' t noticing

C. I haven' t noticed

D. I don' t notice

7. The reporter said that the UFO ___ east to west when he saw it.

A. was traveling

B. traveled

C. had been traveling

D. was to travel

8. I ___ my breakfast when the morning post came.

A. had

B. had been having

C. have been having

D. was having

9. When I arrived at his office, he ___ on the phone.

A. was speaking

B. spoke

C. had been speaking

D. had spoken

10. “ What ' s the matter, Ali? You look sad. ”

“ Oh, nothing much. As a matter of fact, I ___ of my friends back home. ”

A. just thought

B. have just been thinking

C. was just thinking

D. have just thought

三、翻译。

1．昨天这个时候你们英语老师在做什么？她在和一些家长谈话吗？

2．当我离开的时候他正在画一幅世界地图。

3．当你看见他们的时候他们在干什么？他们在打扫教室。

4．那时二班的学生没在操场上踢足球，他们在打篮球。

5．一天，母亲下班回家的时候，约翰在写给一个朋友写信。

6．上周五一下午，学生们在干什么？他们一直在往墙上贴海报。

7．昨天这个时候，一些学生在植树,一些学生在给小树浇水。

8．老师走进教室的时候，学术们正在谈论当天的新闻。

9．老虎等猴子的时候，他听到一个声音。

10. 今天上午放学的时候在下雨吗？是的，天正下着大雨。