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Exercício para Fixação

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the parentheses:

a. Alex and Garret ___________________________________________ (run) in the park now. b. Julie ______________________________ (wash) her hair now. She can’t answer the phone. c. Tom and his brother ______________________________________(play) tennis in the club. d. I ________________________________________________ (begin) a new course in March. e. My friends ____________________________________________ (ski) down the mountain. f. We _________________________________________________________ (try) to help you. g. Dad __________________________________________ (work) in his office at this moment. h. I can’t talk to you now because I _____________________________________(have) lunch.
2. Underline the verbs in the past continuous tense:
I love Sunday afternoons because everything is calm and peaceful.
Last Sunday, around 4:00 p.m., everybody was at home. My brother was reading a book in his bedroom, Mom was painting in the garden, Grandma as making a cake, Dad was washing the car, the cats were sleeping and I was talking on the phone.
Sudenly, my sister Glenda arrived with her two kids and a dog.
In a few minutes the house turned into chaos. The dog ran after the cats, and the children ran after the dog. When Glenda left, by 9:00 p.m., one of the kids was crying and the other was sleeping. And Sunday was over.

3. Complete the sentences about the text above
(ATENÇÃO: É para completar as frases abaixo de acordo com o texto acima, ok? Nas letras c e d, vcs devem criar situações – ex: Gradma wasn’t taking a shower; Grandma wasn’t reading a book, etc. Outra coisa, observem que a primeira oração é sempre negativa e a segunda, positiva).

Example: My brother was not reading a magazine, he was reading a book.

a. Mom wasn’t cooking, she _____________________________________________________. b. Dad wasn’t fixing the