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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 16

1I ..... around the park all afternoon yesterday.
2Tenses: She ..... (watch) TV when the phone rang.
3While she ..... dinner, the phone rang.
4It ..... until I was round the corner that I realised I was still wearing my slippers.
5My friend ..... in the kitchen when we ..... to his house yesterday.
6We ..... waiting for the bus when it started to rain.
7While I was ..... to English class, I ..... my classmate on the street
8Choose the correct auxiliary verb: I ..... finishing my homework when the movie began.
9When I ..... for my sister in front of the supermarket, a strange man came to talk with me. A. was waiting B. waited C. had waited D. were waiting
10While the scientist ..... in his laboratory, a friend ..... to see him. (work / come)
11I ..... TV at 2 pm yesterday.
12Formulate a question in past continuous: You (sleep) when I called?
13Kelly ..... a black skirt when I ..... her in the cafe.
14She ..... chatting to her friend for 2 hours last night.
15Which tense is used for actions that were continuing at a specific point in the past?
16We felt tired because we ..... in the garden all afternoon.
17Example of past continuos Is
18At 9 o'clock yesterday, I ..... on the train. (sit)
19Some pupils left the room while we (do) our tests.
20At this time last week, I ..... (travel) to Hanoi.
21Dr.Melton ..... writing in his notebook throughout the experiment yesterday.
22When I got home yesterday, they ..... dinner.
23We ..... when it started raining.
24Selena ..... (shower) when her husband ..... (arrive).
25Answer the question using the PAST PROGRESSIVE tense:We were ..... around the park
26While Reno ....., his sister called.
27Write complete sentences using past continuous: My sister/ play/ badminton/ while/ my brother/ fly/ kite.
28Ms. Cho replayed her concerns about the company's financial situation while she ..... a meeting with the manager.
29Change the sentence 'They were playing soccer' to past progressive.
30Thanh ..... tea when his sister came home from school.
31I ..... in the bank when the robbers arrived.
32The fire ..... at six in the morning. (still burn)
33Anthony was doing his homework when the phone rang.
34Sorry, I ..... when you called me last night.
35GRAMMARChoose the correct form of the verb in these sentences.3, I was/ had been taking a shower when the phone rang.
36Choose the correct sentence with an auxiliary verb in the past tense:
37What are the keywords that indicate simple past continuous tense?
38My teacher ..... when I interrupted the class
39Complete the sentences. Use was, were, weren't and wasn'tYou ..... at home last night. Where were you?
40I ..... the newspaper when a sudden explosion was heard.
41Lily ..... all her assignments when the delivery guy arrived.
42If we want to emphasize the duration of a past action, we use:
43How fast ..... (you / drive) when the accident ..... (happen)?
44They ..... dinner together that evening.
45While they (a) to the radio, they heard an announcement about a storm.
46Izzul ..... towards his friends.
47..... it ..... (rain) when you left?
48The dog ..... angrily at the stranger just now.
49We use ..... with the past continous and ..... with the past simple.
50While Rohan was looking all over for this cat, it ..... (sleep) under his bed.
51When I called, his mother told me that he ..... his homework.
52Past Continuous tense (Singular/Plural + was/were + ing)She ..... (listen) to music when I called.
53Choose the correct progressive tense verb to complete the sentence:I ..... when you called yesterday.
54I ..... to the supermarket when I met my neighbour.
55The tourists felt that the wind ..... harder and harder.
56Choose the correct answer.What ..... yesterday, around two o'clock? I called you, but you didn't answer.
57The businessman ..... at the company on Sunday morning.
58When he ..... to put out the fire, he ..... himself.
59You're home late. I thought we ..... out for dinner.
60As we ..... into the bank, I saw a wallet on the floor.
61When I saw him, he ..... near the traffic signal on the highway