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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 24

1The children ..... football when their mother ..... back home.
2Choose the correct tense: She (cook) dinner when the phone rang.
3We ..... our lunch when we heard the fire alarm go off.
4While he ..... (do) the homework, I was watching TV.
5Alejandra's boyfriend ..... his car when Alejandra ..... to Argentina
6Identify the verb tense: 'They were watching a movie when I called.'
7What ..... when I called you last night?
8He suddenly ..... (realize) that he ..... (travel)in the wrong direction.
9Becky went to the office early. She ..... her new boss that day and wanted to make a good impression.
10She was cooking dinner while her kids ..... their homework.
11The baby ..... when the mother arrived home.
12..... homework ..... on time last class?
13At this time yesterday Reny and I ..... our classmate.
14While we ..... the report, the power went out.
15Change to past continuous: "He is playing football."
16What ..... when you injured your finger?-I was playing volleyball.A. did you do B. were you C. you did D. were you doing
17Complete the following sentence with the helping verbs bellow:Nyame ..... sitting on this throne when he saw a bird perch on his window.
18Fill in the correct form of the verb (past simple, past progressive or present perfect).While we ..... the picnic, it ..... to rain.
19I ..... (wait) for the bus at 8:45 AM yesterday.
20It ..... loudly at the cat.
21The teacher ..... when she entered the class.
22Circle the correct word or phrase4. Holly and I ran from the house to the taxi because it rained / was raining heavily
23Differentiate: What is the difference between 'is going' and 'was going'?
24I ..... a movie when the lights went out.
25At 6 p.m, I ..... my homework.
26I ..... dinner when you ..... me.
27They ..... not paying attention.
28While I ..... to the lecture, my phone battery died.
29Jenny ..... T.V. when I ..... into the room
30She cooked lunch last night. (Past Continuous)
31Lan ..... TV at 3.00 yesterday.
32We ..... for you when you arrived.
33WHICH TENSE IS USED IN THE SENTENCE?I was doing my homework when she called me.
34I don't know why Nancy didn't go to the meeting. She ..... definitely going.
35While I ..... yesterday morning, I saw my friend, Jill.
36While I ..... in the street, I saw my old friend.A. was walking B. am walking C.walk D. walked
37While I ....., my little brother was sleeping.
38My mother ..... dinner while my father ..... TV.
39What was she drinking at the cafe?
40I ..... (met / was meeting / meet / meets) him while I ..... (was working / work / worked / works) at the cafe.
41I met Carla when she ..... the road.
42While he ..... (do) his homework, I was reading a magazine.
43While Ahmed was playing, Mona ..... a book.
44She ..... a novel when her phone rang.
45Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb: They ..... dinner when the phone rang.
46When my friend Harry ..... off the ladder he ..... the ceiling of his room
47Which of the following is a correct use of 'was' in the past progressive tense?
48While the orchestra was rehearsing, a fire alarm unexpectedly interrupted their performance.
49We ..... lunch when the phone started ringing.
50Choose the correct answer with past continuous. It was a beautiful night. The stars ......
51"One sunny morning a man ..... through the city on his way to work."
52Mrs. Fatimah ..... home when the rain began.
53Choose a logical verb with the correct form of the verb to be for the sentence in past progressive. I ..... at the party
54Choose the correct option: They ..... in the park when it started to snow.
55He ..... dinner when the fire started.
56I ..... (cycle) home yesterday when suddenly a man ..... (step) out into the road in front of me.
57We ..... in the garden for 2 hours yesterday.
58Two men were sitting on a bench.
59As I ..... a shower, my parents came home.
60I ..... (not sleep) when you got home late last night
61At 7.30 pm yesterday, the dentists ..... the patients.