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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 1

1Read the sentence: "While I was drawing, my brother was listening to music." What verb tense is used for the actions?
2They ..... dinner together when the power went out.
3In the following past continuous sentence. Is auxiliary verb correct? "You was running at school"
4While I ..... in the medical college, I earned extra money as a cook in a restaurant.
5My sister and I ..... up Mt. Lemmon at 5 pm yesterday evening.
6I ..... the watermelon when I cut my finger.
7Why ..... she ..... when I called her?
8My brother was looking at me nervously like .....
9My family was eating at the new restaurant.8B. Is the verb in the above sentence past progressive, present progressive, or future progressive?
10What ..... you doing at 6 yesterday?
11My sister burnt her hand when she ..... breakfast.
12The sun ..... when I woke up.
13When do we use the past continuous?
14Find the sentence with the same meaning:While taking a shower, John made breakfast.
15He was cooking in the kitchen.
16Estimates indicate that 15 to 18 million were celebrating this holiday in recent years.
17When 2 actions are happening simultaneously in the past, which tense is used?$^{ }$$_{(Ex: While Juan was painting, he was listening to music.)}$
18When I arrived at the party, you(dance) with someone.
19The barber ..... his finger while he ..... off my hair.
20I ..... reading book yesterday
21The referee ..... when the player kicked the goalkeeper.
22She ..... when the teacher entered the room.
23Novak ..... grammar when he ..... asleep.
24Mr Brown ..... in Paris when the Second World War broke out.
25They ..... when the phone rang.
26Which of the following sentences uses past progressive? A) I eat breakfast. B) I was eating breakfast. C) I will eat breakfast.
27When I got home I found that water ..... down the kitchen walls
28The accident happened because the man ..... (drive) and ..... (talk) on his mobile phone at the same time.
29It was a lovely day. The sun was shining and the birds ..... in the trees. (sing)
30They ..... (wait-past continuous tense) for the bus when the accident happened.
31Pam was sleeping during the entire storm.
32I was going to the mall when you saw me yesterday.
33The kids ..... when we checked on them.
34Passengers in the tour bus ..... out of the bus when an explosion occurred.
35Create a question in the past progressive tense using the verb 'to watch'.
36PAST TENSESWhen I was playing chess, my sister ..... (visit) me
37They ..... (investigate) the case when the robbers ..... (turn up) at the police station and confessed.
38He ..... down the street when he ..... an old friend.
39This time yesterday my friends ..... (to play) football.
40Matthew ..... home late at night when the accident happened.
41Jennifer and Fred ..... (read) a book.
42The whole family ..... when the doorbell rang.
43Unfortunately, we ..... at the map for hours, but were still completely lost!
44Mrs. Crown ..... her class about progressive verb tenses last week.
45The firemen ..... a cat in a tree when the cat ..... down the tree.
46Which sentence correctly uses the past progressive tense to describe two actions happening at the same time?
47What is the formula of Past Continuous?
48..... Kelly ..... to your house last night?
49Were you ..... to music when I called?
50Ahmad and Agung ..... soccer on the field when found the money.
51My girlfriend ..... her birthday dinner at my home when her dad ..... to congratulate her last night.
52Choose the form of the Past Continuous Tense:First I decided to call the police but then I found that ..... my mobile in the car.
53Which option shows the Past Continuous formula?
54I know that the doctor ..... helping the sick lady.
55What ..... you ..... all day long yesterday?
56When I saw him, he ..... to his boss.
57It was a lovely spring day. The sun was setting and a gentle breeze was blowing when Anna went for a walk. Why is Past Continuous used in this sentence?
58One day in 1879 chemist Constantin Fahlberg didn't wash his hands before dinner. While he (1) ate / was eating he (2) noticed / was noticing that the bread (3) tasted / was tasting sweet.The sweetness was saccharin.
59Correct the mistakes in the sentence: While my sisters looked for dried fish, they saw the spicy tofu.
60Ruby ..... when her brother opened the door.
61Students ..... English lesson at the school yard when it began to rain.