查字典中考网整理了关于2020年中考英语知识点之过去进行时练习（1），希望对同学们有所帮助，仅供参考。
根据情景，用所给动词的正确形式填空。
What were Ben, Jake, Lucy and Lily doing on December 31st, 2011? They (1)_____(prepare) their party. Lucy (2)_____(buy) crisps. Lily (3)_____(organize) the music. Ben and Jake (4)_____(fetch) chairs and tables. (5)_____their parents _____(help) them? No, they (6)_____(not help) them because they (7)_____(sit) on the plane on their way to Australia.
【指点迷津】
一般说来，要表示过去某个时刻或某一时段正在进行的动作，我们常用过去进行时。常和过去进行时连用的时间状语有：then,at this/that time yesterday, at last night, the whole morning, from to last night等。