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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 103

1Choose the correct verb form: She ..... a novel when the phone rang.
2Which tense would you use to describe a temporary action in the past that was ongoing?
3I ..... coffee at Roberto's at 3 PM yesterday.
4David ..... his homework when his mother came home.
5What ..... last night at 10 pm?
6At 10 a.m. yesterday, the engineers ..... the new equipment in the lab.
7He ..... when I saw him yesterday.
8..... she sleeping when you knocked?
9The ..... is used to refer to activities or situations occurring at the same time in the past.
10We ..... celebrating our anniversary last week.
11Identify the error:'He was cooking dinner when the phone ring.'
12They (eat) chocolate at three o'clock.
13When Stephane went to the museums .....
14Convert the sentence to past tense: 'Hannah is reading a book.'
15Simon ..... quietly on the sofa when David ..... and scared him.
16Correct the mistake in the sentences. Tick the correct sentences.4. When I was waking up, it was still dark.
17While I ..... TV, my sister was studying.
18I was watching TV when you called. What tense is this?
19My dad ..... to London. (past continuous tense)
20Choose the correct answer.Mia ..... at 7 o'clock last night.
21My big brother ..... at 10 pm last night. That is why he couldn't pick up the phone.
22My aunt ..... in the park when I met her.
23Identify the tense of the following sentence.They were playing football when it started to rain.
24Choose the sentence with the correct past continuous tense form of the verb: A) I will go to the store. B) She was eating dinner. C) They play soccer every weekend.
25Identify the sentence that uses the correct form of the progressive verb tense.
26Dia (perempuan) sedang duduk di taman kemarin sore, translate by this sentence is .....
27Which helper verb pair correctly forms the past progressive tense?
28I ..... to my granny's house to the suburbs, when the rain .....
29Jane ..... to the park, when she met an actor was jogging there.
30My friends ..... music yesterday at 5:00.
31I ..... while I ..... down the stairs
32Th avalanche started while they ..... down the mountain.
33Put the verb in the correct tense: She (to read) a book when the phone rang.
34When Bob arrived at the station, his friends ..... for him.
35I ..... my book so my book so much that I ..... that the bus had arrived.
36Past continuous means .....
37While they ..... the movie, the lights went out.
38While Tom (read), Amy (watch) a documentary on TV.
39Harry was working in the garden when the storm .....
40My brother ..... in HCM city at that time
41They ..... tennis when it started to rain.
42I ..... (meet) her when I ..... (walk) home yesterday.
43He ..... there when we found him.
44To form the ..... we use was/were + verb-ing.
45Select the sentence in past progressive tense:A) The birds chirped. B) The birds were chirping.
46When I ..... at the party, everyone ..... a good time.
47Which sentence describes an action in progress in the past?
48The crowd ..... restless because the game was delayed for an hour.
49I ..... TV when my friend called me last night.
50At 9:00 last night, I ..... TV when Jim ..... on the door.
51Fill in the blank: I ..... (to eat) dinner when the phone rang.
52She ..... to visit her grandmother at 7:00 yesterday.
53I met my wife when I ..... English in Greece.
54She ..... the piano when her neighbor knocked.
55Complete the sentence with the correct form: E. We ..... (study) when the lights went out.
56She was cooking when the phone rang
57One day while Peter ..... down the stairs, he luckily ..... a girl who was his type.
58Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence: I ..... my homework when the lights suddenly went out.
59Soft music ..... when I ..... into the room.
60EXERCISE 20: Complete the sentences with your own words.14. Even though I had a big breakfast, .....
61I ..... a blog when they ..... on the door.