Global MCQ Practice
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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 28

1Last night my neighbours ..... for hours and I couldn't get to sleep.
2The mechanics ..... (work) so hard the entire night to make the tank moves today as the battle continues on.
3As the rain poured down, the children were splashing in the puddles, enjoying their day off from school.
4While he ..... (sleep), the alarm ..... (ring).
5How would you write this sentence in past progressive tense?Kenji walk his dog when it started to rain.
6While she was singing, Katy Perri ..... listening to her.
7Past Simple or Continuous:While they ..... the movie, the power ..... out.
8I ..... dinner at 5 p.m yesterday.
9"Abril was working in the cafe"Paco said that her girlfriend, Abri, she ..... in the cafe
10Choose the correct answer.The three of us entered the house quietly because everyone else .....
11What ..... when the teacher came in?Talking to my friend about my weekend.
12My brother while he his bicycle and hurt himself.
13..... she studying when you called?
14Convert to past tense: 'She is singing a song.'
15Which tense is used for actions that were happening at a specific time in the past?
16The gardener ..... the lawn. (water)
17Max was helping his friend when the phone rang.
18While I (drive), I (have) an accident.
19The headmaster ..... the school rules yesterday.
20I ..... watching a movie when the power went out.
21What was he doing yesterday evening?
22I ..... my favorite song while driving.
23Winnie ..... her new dress. (stitch)
24We ..... working from 3 till 5 o'clock yesterday.
25Choose the correct form of the verb from parentheses.While I (watched / was watching) TV, I heard a strange noise.
26When I ..... home, I ..... to bed straight away.
27Choose the correct answer (a, b, c, or d). Which sentence is Past Progressive?
28I ..... a documentary when the power went out.
29What ..... you ..... (do) when the lights went out?
30I heard someone call my name when I ..... for my things. (pay)
31Pick the sentence that is NOT past progressive.
32Fill in the correct form of the verb (past simple, past progressive or present perfect).Sammy ..... for us when the plane ......
33The similarity between Past Continuous & Present Continuous is ..... Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.
34At 7 p.m. yesterday, the lion ..... its meal in the zoo.
35At 6.20 a.m. yesterday, my father ..... driving me to school.
36It ..... when I ..... home this morning.
37..... you eating when I phoned you last night?
38I ..... along the road when I heard a noise.
39Convert to past progressive:She paints a picture.
40My friends and I ..... a soccer match last Sunday morning
41We ..... TV when you called us.
42My sisters ..... at a YouTube video.
43I ..... studying when you called.
44They ..... (play) football while it was raining.
45How do you identify simple past continuous tense in a sentence?
46Harry ..... sleeping when his boss called.
47They ..... in the community development project from 9 am to 5 pm yesterday.
48I wasn't playing at 5 a.m.
49Change the following sentence to past continuous: 'She reads a book.'
50When Peter ..... some photos of the wildlife reserve, it started to rain heavily.
51I wasn't waiting for you yesterday.The positive form is .....
52They (a) an argument when I arrived.
53While I ..... last night, Fred ..... to visit me.
54The teacher ..... the exam results while the students ..... nervously.
55I ..... home one evening when I saw some strange lights in the sky.
56I ..... at the bookshop.
57While I ....., it rained
58Who ..... you ..... to on the phone as I came in? I ..... to Mr. Pitt
59The tense used to express 2 simultaneous actions in the past is:
60You ..... on the phone for hours and hours. (talk)
61Choose the sentence that is NOT in the past progressive tense.