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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 10

1She was studying when the phone rang. What tense is this?
2PAST CONTINUOUS TENSESarah ..... (run) at 8a.m. yesterday.
3When I saw my uncle yesterday, he ..... a new car.
4Tom ..... TV, when his wife ..... home from work.
5The fans were cheering for Katie when she fell during the soccer game.
6The programmer ..... fixing the bug when the system crashed.
7The gunshot rang out while he ..... away.
8When I ..... home, everyone ..... TV.
9While I ..... my car I heard a scream.
10There was a knock on the door while we ..... the game show on TV.
11We ..... to work yesterday when we heard a loud crash behind us.
12She ..... when the alarm ..... off this morning.
13What tense is the following sentence: I was skipping
14At 8 p.m. yesterday, we ..... dinner.
15What were they doing at 3 PM yesterday?
16Choose correct tense for this sentence: He kept urging on the horses.
17Anne ..... writing a letter while Steve and I ..... reading the New York Times.
18Mary ..... a book in the library while his friend ..... outside.
19While I ..... to school, I saw a dog chasing a cat.
20I ..... my blouse as my sister came back from work.
21I ..... my car for a whole day.
22Choose the correct verb tenses to complete the sentences. My boss ..... (come) into the office just as I ..... (show) everyone my holiday photos.
23Jigar ..... a bike last evening.
24Katherine ..... an essay when someone knocked the door.
25Answer the question using the PAST PROGRESSIVE tense:They ..... watching a film yesterday afternoon
26I was compiling this book while my son .....
27The sun ..... strongly all day yesterday.
28He ..... not repairing the television when you came to his house .....
29He was sleeping when I arrived.
30I ..... my friends about my plans for the next collage.
31The children ..... when I came home.
32We ..... to the hospital to visit Mike when he ..... to say that he was fine.
33Phong ..... his hand while he ..... dinner.
34The students ..... carefully while the teacher was revising the main points before the exam.
35Identify the tense: She was playing the football while her mum was watching TV.
36Change the sentence to past tense. He is writing.
37It ..... raining when I reached home. (Prompt: Yesterday-past continuous)
38The man ..... the bus while it ..... fast.
39My younger brothers ..... (do) homework when you came back.
40Which of these is an incorrect past progressive sentence?
41My mother was cooking while my father ..... magazine
42..... when her father left the house this morning
43Choose the correct tense: While I ..... TV, the phone rang.
44When his girlfriend came, he ..... his car.
45Hello, Karen. I thought you ( ..... ) at the London office this week
46He ..... the Manchester United kit, but he wasn't a player.
47She ..... (cook) when the guest arrrived.
48He ..... taking a bath when you knocked on the door.
49Choose the correct past continuous form of the sentence: "They (to eat) dinner when the phone rang."
50They ..... (not prepare) for the meeting when the boss arrived.
51While I ..... TV last night a small mouse ..... across the room.
52I ..... (SLEEP) when the alarm ..... (GO) off at 5.30 this morning.
53The police ..... an eighty-year-old woman, believed to be dangerous. a. has looked for b. looks for c. are looking for d. was looking for e. is looking for
54While I ..... my sister and my father .....
55..... your brother ..... comics?
56Fill It With Past progressive Question.Yesterday in the park, Tim ..... riding his bike.
57Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. While we ..... football, it started to rain.
58I ..... dinner when my brother came home.
59Which sentence is in past continuous: 'They were playing' or 'They played'?
60I rang my friend in Australia yesterday, and she said it ..... raining there.A. is B. were C. has been D. was
61In the morning today, I ..... driving to work when I saw an accident.