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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 29

1The thief ..... (steal) money when the shopkeeper talked to a customer
2The mice ..... under the dining table.
3They ..... football at this time yesterday.
4Exercise 8: Choose the correct options to complete the sentences. Kevin ..... for his final exams in his bedroom at 2 p.m. yesterday.
5The salesman ..... the customer when the thief came into the store. (Active Voice)
6While Huong ..... the final exam, she had a splitting headache.
7The sun ..... when the climber reached Mount Everest. (shine)
8A time expression associated with the PAST PROGRESSIVE:
9Yesterday at 7 pm me and my family ..... TV.
10She ..... TV when someone knocked on the door.
11I ..... (cook) the pizza when the phone rang.
12My friend and I (not/ sleep) ..... at 9 a.m last Tuesday.
13It ..... when I got up this morning.
14When I called Lan, her mother told me that she ..... in the garden.
15He fell while he ..... with his friends.
16At half past nine she still ..... her homework
17Formulate a past progressive sentence using the subject 'they' and the verb 'play'.
18My eyes were hurting because I ..... at the computer screen all day.
19Which tense do we use for actions in progress in the past?
20While we were talking in the room, the two boys ..... a television programme outside
21She ..... (study) when they came.
22What was she doing when the postman came?
23The school gardener ..... in the school garden all yesterday evening.
24Convert the sentence to past continuous tense:Ravi ate his food during lunch break.
25Complete the past progressive questions.I had an accident on my way to the shopping mall.What .....? (you, do)
26Rita ..... under a tree when it began to rain.
27Indra: What were you doing when your teacher came into your classroom?Dela: I ..... and my friend ..... to her friend.
28My mother ..... preparing dessert when her friends came to visit her.
29Complete the sentence to describe a background scene for a story:The wind ..... through the trees as the hero approached the old house.
30Christine ..... her housework, when her friend ..... her.
31Past continuous: I ..... a letter for my girlfriend.
32What ..... you ..... (do) when I called you earlier?
33I ..... when the earthquake occurred last night. (past progressive) (sleep)
34We ..... when Ms. Wielgos ..... the answer.
35At 8 PM last night, they ..... (play) video games.
36The tiger ..... for its prey just now.
37While they ..... dinner, the fire alarm went off.
38I ..... (read) a book when dad arrived.
39I met my wife, Meri, while I ..... some classes at the local college.
40While I was studying, my friends were make a lot of noise outside.
41Transform the sentence: She is studying for her exams (present continuous) to past continuous.
42At 7 pm yesterday, we ..... to music.
43She ..... to music while she was cleaning the room.
44Fill It With Past progressive Question.Yesterday at eight o'clock, the dog and the cat ..... running in the living room
45Julie ..... her bedroom when she ..... a huge spider on the wall.
46When I left the house this morning, it ..... (already rain)
47Canes in viis DORMIEBANT.
48What is tense in the sentence below?She was eating her favorite pie.
49Past Continuos Julie (sleep) at three o'clock.
50As the children ..... dinner, their mother called him.
51Choose the correct verb tense:I (am, was) studying science so I could pass Mrs. Neal's test when you called.
52When lightnings flashed and thunders crashed, the poor fisherman knew that a storm ..... coming.
53Which of the following sentences correctly uses "As" in the past continuous tense?
54The cat ..... (lie) on the sofa when the master called it.
55Past Simple or Continuous: When we were in Canada, we ..... skiing almost every day. (a)
56He ..... to the store when it started to rain.
57He ..... dinner when the guests arrived.
58Complete the sentence with the past progressive form of the verb.Gordon ..... (teach) his brother to tie a bow tie.
59What were you doing at 5 pm on Saturday?I ..... my room.
60Form:was/were + verb-ing
61She ..... playing the piano when her friend called.