Past Perfect Progressive Exercises For Galician Grammar

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The Past Perfect Progressive in Galician grammar is used to express an action that was ongoing in the past and was completed before another past action took place. To form the Past Perfect Progressive tense in Galician, we use the auxiliary verb “levar” followed by the past participle of the main verb. As you progress through these exercises, pay close attention to the word cues provided, and try your best to fill in the proper word or phrase!

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in Past Perfect Progressive

1. Eu *levara* (to take) os meus fillos ao colexio cando o telรฉfono chamou.
2. Ela *levaba* (to carry) as bolsas de compra cando atopou o seu veciรฑo.
3. Marรญa *levaba* (to eat) unha mazรก cando se deu conta de que era alรฉrxica a ela.
4. Daniel *levaba* (to study) para o seu exame de matemรกticas toda a noite.
5. As nenas *levaban* (to sleep) a sรบa chucheira antes de que mamรก chegara a casa.
6. Nรณs *levabamos* (to wait) media hora no banco antes de que nos atenderan.
7. Sandra e Raรบl *levaban* (to talk) de negocios antes de entrar na reuniรณn.
8. Lucas e eu *levabamos* (to teach) inglรฉs nesta escola durante 5 anos.
9. Tiรฑa que facer un traballo, pero *levaba* (to play) videoxogos toda a tarde.
10. Os xogadores *levaban* (to practice) no campo antes de que comezase a choiva.
11. A miรฑa avoa *levaba* (to knit) unha bufanda de lana antes de recibir a visita.
12. Ana e Antonio *levaban* (to walk) pola praia todo o dรญa.
13. A rapaza *levaba* (to make) un castelo de area antes de que a marea subise.
14. Eu *levaba* (to clean) a casa pois sabรญa que vinan convidados.
15. Os traballadores *levaban* (to build) a ponte durante dous meses.

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in Past Perfect Progressive

1. A xente *levaba* (to wait) toda a noite polo novo lanzamento do produto.
2. O coche de Manuel *levaba* (to make) un ruรญdo estraรฑo durante dรญas.
3. O pintor *levaba* (to paint) o cadro durante dรบas semanas antes de rematalo.
4. Paula *levaba* (to write) un poema antes de recibir a chamada do seu amigo.
5. Os meus tรญos *levaban* (to live) en Madrid mรกis de vinte anos.
6. O xardineiro *levaba* (to plant) flores en toda a contorna da casa.
7. As miรฑas amigas e eu *levabamos* (to dance) na celebraciรณn cando apagaron as luces.
8. Carlos *levaba* (to work) nesa oficina antes de recibir a promociรณn.
9. O can *levaba* (to chase) a pelota polo parque enteiro.
10. Cristina e Pepe *levaban* (to watch) a serie na televisiรณn cando surdiu a noticia.
11. O sol *levaba* (to shine) toda a maรฑรก antes de que o tempo mudase.
12. As moscas *levaban* (to annoy) os paseantes no bosque.
13. Xoรกn *levaba* (to read) ese libro por semanas antes de escoller outro.
14. Os meus irmรกns *levaban* (to argue) polo control do televisor antes de decidir que ver.
15. Sonia *levaba* (to cook) a comida antes de que os convidados chegasen.

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