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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 26

1As the team was finalizing their project report, they discovered a critical error that needed immediate correction.
2Put the verbs in the right tense.While / they / walk home / it / start / to rain /.
3Peter fell over while he ..... basketball.
4While my brother ..... in Cambridge, he ..... a lot of books.
5Complete the sentence with the correct past continuous form: We ..... when the power went out.
6I saw you near Palats Sportu metro station yesterday. Who ..... to?
7She was not studying English at 7 o'clock yesterday, .....?
8She (play) the piano when our guests (arrive) last night
9Choose the correct tense for the sentence:Makayla was walking down the street.
10Someone knocked the door when Bob ..... a shower.
11She ..... talking to the doctor when the ambulance came.
12The children ..... their kites in the field when it started to rain heavily.
13While my mother was cooking dinner, I ..... the table in the dining room.
14I ..... a shower when I fell and broke my leg.
15Mrs. Brown ..... two cups of tea to her guess when we came.
16The developers ..... bugs in the system for hours before finding the root cause.
17I ..... math when you ..... me a message yesteday.
18Use the Past Continuous.She came when Anna (to cook) the dinner.
19While / mother/ cook,/ father/ read/ newspaper.
20Peter ..... in the living room when the phone rang.
21While Mom ..... cooking dinner, Dad ..... reading a book.
22When my sister was coming home, I was talking to my mother on the phone.
23Choose the best alternative.The Amazon delivery person came while we ..... supper.
24Which hotel ..... (you/stay) in when you lost your passport?
25I was concentrating on something when you rang.
26Past Simple or Past Continuous? My dad ..... (listen) to classical music when I ..... (arrive) home from school.
27Choose the correct tense for the sentence:Three days ago, Connor, Richard and Nia were fighting over who had the best handwriting.
28WERE YOU PLAY? IS AN EXAMPLE OF PAST CONTINUOUS
29He (to watch) TV when I called. (Past Continuous)
30The dog ..... barking at Rahul.
31The police ..... while I ..... breakfast.
32Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 10: When I last saw him, he ..... in London. A. is living B. has been living C. was living D. lived
33Their car broke down while they ..... home.
34Identify the verb tense: They were playing outside.
35It ..... colder that evening.
36What ..... when the phone suddenly rang?
37Donny ..... lunch when they .....
38While I (a) the cake, my brother set the table.
39At this time yesterday, he ..... (study) for the exam.
40EXERCISE 10: Choose the simple or progressive form of the verb.2. He (looked / was looking) at the picture when we saw him.
41They ..... (walk) in the park when the storm broke.
42Yesterday, he .....
43We ..... putting away our clothes while she was digging a trench.
44Shelly ..... her mid-term mark because she ..... to her instructor.
45Convert to past tense: They are going to the park.
46The dog ..... loudly at 5 PM.
47They were betting their wealth in the casino.
48I ..... for my final exam when my mother suddenly came to give me a cup of coffee.
49What is the past continuous tense of the sentence?
50I ..... a shower when someone knocked on the door.
51What is the question form of Past Continuous Tense?
52] Where ..... Jack ..... when I ..... him?
53Holly and I ran from the house to the taxi because it ..... heavily.
54While he ..... some plants in the garden, his wife was preparing dinner.
55As my mom ....., she ..... to the radio.
56What ..... when the accident .....?a. have you been doing / occurs b. are you doing will occurc. will you be doing / has occurred d. were you doing/occurred
57Adam ..... out of the window when he ..... a UFO.
58Use the appropriate form of the Past Continuous TenseSoledad ..... dinner when his friend called
59She was working on her computer.
60The following information makes a sentence. Which is the CORRECT one?-cooking / she / arrived / was / I / when
61They ..... singing a song.