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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 104

1My mother and I were talking on the phone.
2Circle the correct word or phrase7. We ate /were eating breakfast when a letter came through the letter box.
3They ..... to school when it started raining.
4When Dorothy came home, her father ..... (sleep).
5Decide if the tense is suitable or unsuitable:While I had a bath, someone knocked at the door.
6The pupils ..... their project when the principal suddenly entered the classroom
7We ..... all afternoon in the library. (revise)
8The teachers ..... (tell) the students to get out the homework. The teachers ..... (tell) the students to get out the homework.
9Which sentence has past progressive?
10Yesterday, he ..... TV.
11What does the past progressive tense emphasize?
12They ..... the floor when their mother came home.
13Choose the right variant: Were the children playing in the garden? B No, they .....
14What were your friends doing while you were working?
15My mom ..... (cook) dinner when the phone rang.
16Evaristo ..... (like) the movie.
17My mom called me for dinner while I ..... for the test.
18..... you walking to school when a dog bit you?
19While I ..... the article, my phone battery died.
20We ..... (eat) our dinner when it started to rain.
21While the finance team ..... the budgets, the CEO discussed expansion plans.
22The baby was drinking a bottle when his parents .....
23I ..... when the lights went out.
24Choose the correct tense: 'I ..... (to read) a book at 8 PM last night.'
25Anna ..... a book when John saw her.
26While I ..... for the bus, I ..... an interesting article on my phone.
27This time last month I ..... in Ha Noi.
28I ..... a really funny Youtube video when you called me.
29We ..... a movie when the fire alarm rang.
30The children ..... when the bell rang.
31Our teacher ..... (sit) silently, when the fire-alarm went off.
32Change the verb tense: She said, 'I am learning French.'
33We were answering
34Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.Could you tell me, sir, what you ..... in the park at three in the morning?
35WHILE THE STUDENTS ..... THE PROGRAM STOPPED.
36Identify the past continuous tense in this sentence: 'I was reading a book.'
37Pat ..... his family when he got sick.
38Francis ..... talked about by us.
39What were they doing when the phone rang?
40Which sentence uses the past progressive tense? A) I ate breakfast. B) I was eating breakfast.
41She (do) her homework.-She (become) very sleepy.
42It ..... so I decided to stay home.
43She ..... on her cell phone while she ..... to the work.
44Employed in a sentence to represent an action or event that was going on in the past
45While she ....., someone knocked on the door.
46Choose the correct answer when the sentence changed to past continuous tense form. "Gary will be eating his snacks by this evening."
47Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence: "While she ..... the book, the lights went out."
48The dishes ..... when I got home.
49Choose the correct tense for the sentence: "I was eating dinner when you called."
50He was watching TV when the phone rang.
51Grammar-Past continuousChoose the correct verb form to complete the sentence.My dad broke his nose while he ..... baseball.
52Choose the correct tense: When I arrived, they .....
53Choose the best verb forms to complete the sentence: Where ..... you ..... when I ..... you on the bus last night?
54The homework ..... by the students when the teacher came.
55Paul ..... on the bus when he fell and hurt his leg.
56This time yesterday, I ..... a client at the headquarters.
57Choose the form of the Past Continuous Tense:At my 1st driving lesson I was very nervous because I ..... before.
58Choose the sentence that uses the past continuous tense: A) I was sleeping when the phone rang. B) She writes a letter. C) They are playing outside. D) He will finish his homework.
59Complete the sentence with Past continuous form of the verb given in the bracket.Anmol & Neha ..... (searching) for their puppy when the fire broke.
60When I called her, she ..... a book.
61Multiple choice s: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. While mother I ..... dinner when the phone rang.