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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 2

1We ..... (watch) TV at 9 PM yesterday.
2While Jack ..... his homework, the lights went out.
3While I ..... the homework, my sister ..... the dishes.
4What ..... you ..... while your grandma was cooking lunch?
5No, she ..... the shoping yesterday at 3 o'clock
6What ..... you ..... (do) when I ..... (call) you yesterday morning?
7While Lydia ..... (sing), the audience ..... (listen) to her in amazement.
8Which of the following is past progressive? 'She was cooking dinner.' or 'She cooked dinner.'
9Last Sunday 6pm, we ..... playing with my dog
10Choose the correct form of the verb! She ..... to her friend when I saw her.
11Which tense is used to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past?
12Choose the best possible answer A, B, C or D for the sentence: Tim ..... the news, while his son was playing computer games.
13He ..... to the theatre when he met me.
14She was skipping to school.
15The silver moon and stars ..... when we left our tents so we could see well.
16I lost my keys when I ..... home. (walk)
17While Diana ..... her favourite television programme, there was a power-cut.
18She ..... a book while I was watching TV.
19I was ..... tennis at 3 o'clock yesterday.
20Everyone ..... in the office when the boss came in.
21..... she cooking dinner at 5 p.m. yesterday?
22Are these sentences in the Past Simple or in the Past Continuous? Choose the correct answer.At two o'clock Sandra wasn't waiting for the train
23I saw him at the party. He ..... black suit.
24Mexico ..... better conditions for slaves while the United States was still trading slaves.
25I was studying when my friend ..... me.
26What is the correct past continuous form?
27I ..... my homework when Tom came last night.
28While her mother ..... dinner the phone rang.
29Identify what tense the sentence is written in:The telephone was ringing all day.
30While I ..... the bathroom, he ..... TV!
31Fill in the blank: "While I ..... (talk) to the client, my colleague ..... (prepare) the presentation."
32+ S + was/were + V$_{ing}$-was/were not V$_{ing}$? Was/Were ..... V$_{ing}$
33They ..... (watch) TV when the power went out.
34Convert to past progressive: She reads a book.
35When I last saw him, he ..... in London.
36If the dad says, "You were walking around the house at 3 a.m.", which word BEST explains why were walking is correct?
37She ..... to music when her mom came in.
38..... they playing volleyball yesterday afternoon?
39Karl didn't hear the doorbell because he ..... to his iPod.
40While my parents ....., I ..... for a present for my friend.
41"She fell over while she was walking in Yakutsk"
42While we ..... English class, the light went out.
43Fill in the blank with the correct past continuous verb: While I ..... dinner, the phone rang.
44Fill in the gap with the correct form of the verb given in brackets: Professor Gaitonde ..... (read) the history book when he was interrupted.
45While Jin-su was laughing, milk came out of his nose
46The Engineers ..... (build) the new bridge as the government teams ..... (work) hard to purchase the nearby lands from the tenants last year
47A:Were they living in London when he got the job overseas? B:Yes, they .....
48I ..... in the kitchen when the phone rang.
49Who ..... in the bathroom just now?
50We ..... at the playground although it was raining.
51Identify what tense the sentence is written in:The plane was flying high in the clouds.
52He applied for a different job because he ..... to leave.
53I ..... (fall) asleep yesterday when I ..... (watch) TV.
54What ..... at 8:00 yesterday evening?
55My wife Anna and I first ..... at a party while I ..... in London in the 1970s
56True or False: The verb tense is used correctly in the sentence: 'At this exact moment yesterday, we were taking our final exam.'
57A fire-fighter ..... severely while he ..... to put out a fire.
58He ..... a lot of friendly people while he ..... in California.
59Many Cubans who fled their homeland were hoping at first to return their country.
60Ashok fell off the ladder when he ..... the roof.
61What ..... you doing when the alarm went off?