ACTIVIDAD 10 A. Complete the text with past progressive tense using the verbs in perentheses.
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writing
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It was a dark night. The phone rang once Detective Banks
(write) a report at the time and he was
not happy about with the interruption. He answered the phone
"Detective Banks here", he said Less than a minute later. Banks
(drive) his car through the rainy streets of
the city. It
(get) dark and the streets were
busy. People
(do) Christmas shopping it
was 7 pm when he finally arrived. The pathologist
(wait)
for him. Two police officers
(inspect) the scene and others
(take) pictures. Sergeant Mullins
(sit) in the patrol car He
(drink) a cup of coffee When he saw Banks, he
(lie) on the ground
got out and followed him down the alley. The body
because of unknown death

The phone rang once Detective Banks was writing a report at the time and he was not happy about the interruption.

Banks  was driving his car through the rainy streets of the city.

It was getting dark and the streets were  busy.

People were doing Christmas shopping.

The pathologist  was waiting for him.

Two police officers  were inspecting the scene and others were taking pictures.

Sergeant Mullins was sitting in the patrol car.

He was drinking a cup of coffee.

When he saw Banks, he was lying on the ground got out and followed him down the alley.

Explanation:

The past progressive tense (also called the past continuous tense) is one of the tenses used to talk about events that took place in the past. Unlike the past simple tense, it refers to a continuing action or state.

It's formed with the past form of the verb to be (was/were) and the present participle (root + -ing) form of the verb (e.g. Banks was driving...)

In the book "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"  by American writer Mark Twain, chapter 28 shows a more prolific Huck when he makes up the "pluribus-unum mumps" story to protect Mary Jane who is off, making sure Susan doesn't say anything about her sister's non appearance; and albeit Huck lies frequently, some lies such as the ones to save Jim seem to be fine and funny, Huck well estimates the Duke and King and he doesn't want to get busted by them and suffer any fatal consequences, due he knows they're scoundrels, thus this time he gets more meticulous when telling that story.