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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 102

1The wind ..... very hard when I ..... out this morning.
2Joe and Timmy (take) ..... a nap at 2 o'clock yesterday
3The boys ..... (practice) for the Qur'an recitation contest.
4I ..... in the park at 9 o'clock.
5I ..... the news when the phone rang.
6Construct a sentence using both past continuous and past simple tenses.
7At that time yesterday, they ..... for the bus.
8While Nadia ..... soccer, she broke her glasses.
9At 9:00 a.m. yesterday, the staff ..... all incoming goods and labeling the boxes.
10Complete: I ..... waiting for a bus.
11When I arrived, she ..... her lunch. (have)
12I did not help him because I ..... for my history exam
13Luke was missing his left shoe this morning. What tense is the verb in?
14I wanted to go to the party, but I ..... to London that morning.
15What ..... at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon?
16Change the following sentence to past tense: 'He is eating lunch.'
17She ..... breakfast when I called her.
18One night, Abimbola and Linda ..... work at the same time, and they decided to go to a movie together. That's when they fell in love.
19The policeman ..... (not/control) the traffic.
20There is some past continuous Tenses senteces, except .....
21Change the following sentence to past continuous: 'They are studying.'
22Choose the correct variant: They ..... TV when I arrived.
23Identify the verb tense: "They were playing chess when I arrived."
24What were you doing at 5:30 yesterday? what type of tense is used in this sentence.
25The kids ..... on the playground when I arrived.
26Past Simple or Past Continuous?Yesterday at three o'clock, we ..... (play) football.
27Which train ..... for when I saw you on the platform on Sunday?
28Alison ..... for the keys when Tim ..... them last night.
29What ..... you doing when your teacher came into the room?
30I ..... for my keys when you called.
31Sarah hurt her ankle while she .....
32..... you still ..... at 9 pm last night?
33[Select the correct option]We use the past continuous to talk about .....
34When I introduced Tom to Bob, they were shaking hands.
35I am walking.(convert into continuous past tense)
36Micheal got a flu while she ..... to Chiang Mai.
37The boy ..... in the badminton court yesterday afternoon.
38The teacher caught them while they ......
39What is the past continuous tense of the verb 'write'?
40Choose the correct past continuous form: 'I (watch) TV when he called.'
41Identify the tense in the following sentence.The cat was sitting on the wall.
42It ..... when I ..... out for a walk.
43Fill in the blank: She ..... (to cook) dinner when the phone rang.
44Janet ..... some washing this time yesterday.
45Convert to past progressive:They travel to Spain.
46Match the sentence halves.Liam told me he .....
47Mark ..... because he thought he ..... a shark.(scream-past progressive, think-past)
48The robber ..... away when the policeman ..... him.
49Salma was ..... yesterday at 8 pm
50My mother ..... the whole of yesterday evening.
51They ..... dinner at 7 p.m. last night.
52Complete the sentence.It was a cold night and it ......
53The guests were having fun when the police .....
54My son got injured while he ..... basketball last Saturday.
55I (study) for my exam when my friend (call) me.
56While I ..... for the bus, I saw my old friend.
57I was doing DIY at this moment last week.
58When I slept, the thief was entering the room ..... This sentence is an example of .....
59I ..... my friend Alex while I ..... my bike last year.
60Mary (cook) ..... dinner while her husband (watch) ..... TV.
61The children ..... when the telephone rang.