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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 3

1Differentiate between the past continuous and simple past tense.

2To show that something continued for some time

3The computer ..... fine this morning when I left for work.

4Below are the time signal for past continuous, except .....

5I ..... my face while my sister was brushing her teeth.

6Match the statement to the responses:You were always playing chess with your dad when you were a kid.

7Parallel actions in the past continuous tense indicate that the actions were happening .....

8Was Maria telling her mother about her Internet friend?

9While he ..... an e-mail, the phone rang.

10Convert this present continuous sentence to past continuous: "Brian is dancing at the school event."

11While the teacher was explaining about recycling, the students ..... notes.

12Nora ..... (lie) in a hammock while Phil ..... (weed) the garden.

13He was waiting for the bus when the light went off.

14How do you use the past continuous tense in a sentence?

15Complete the sentence: "He ..... in the park at 5 PM yesterday."

16She ..... (walk) here yesterday.

17In 1971, while Steve Jobs ..... in high school, he ..... Steve Wozniak.

18The children ..... in the garden all afternoon yesterday.

19I met Tomi when he ..... attending a party.

20Complete the question:What ..... you ..... when the power went out?

21At this time last year Sandra ..... in Paris.

22What were they doing when the storm started?

23We ..... breakfast when my uncle arrived.

24Which of these words are needed to form the past continuous tense?

25What's wrong with this sentence?The phone rang while had lunch.

26Complete the sentence with the correct option.They ..... (be/eat) chocolate in San Valentin.

27He was seeing.

28I ..... studying when the bell rang.

29Last term, the students ..... Dutch.

30He found some money when he ..... the cupboards.

31We ..... games while it was raining.

32While I was walking home, I ..... a new shop in the high street.

33Mr Bell ..... his car when it started to rain.

34They ..... (drive) very fast when the car hit a tree.

35What tense is used in the sentence: 'Nurzhan was playing online games while Kanat was listening to rock music'?

36Lucy was feeding the cat while her husband, Peter ..... at his desk.

37Complete the following sentence.They ..... an ice cream

38Mum ..... pizza for lunch when she ..... that she ..... any cheese. We ..... sandwiches instead.

39Choose the correct HELPING verb:My dad ..... planning to come, but he has to work.

40Mom was cooking while dad ..... in the garden

41While they ..... English, the light went off.

42Unfortunately, just as we got to the airport their plane ..... off. (take)

43At 6:30 this morning, I ..... (drive) to work.

44Why ..... when I came into the room?

45I ..... some mango juice when Maggie bumped into me!

46The students ..... (work) on their assignments at 3 PM yesterday.

47We ..... dinner when the phone rang. (were having, have, had)

48What is the tense of this sentence?He was working on his project.

49She ..... singing when I arrived.

50Donald ..... sitting quietly in his desk and ..... to his maths teacher carefully.

51I ..... when a plate crashed

52The boy fell while he ..... down the stairs.

53Rama was ..... (run) because she was late for her classes.PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

54Flor ..... when the lights went out.

55While the financial team ..... finalizing the statements, the auditors reviewed preliminary data.

56While Mary ..... (talk) on the phone, her cat jumped on the table.

57Were you hiking alone when the snake bit you?A:Yes, .....

58The police ..... him while he ..... to escape.

59I ..... on my computer when suddenly the power went out

60"John really ought to lose some weight.""You're right; he ..... very heavily during the walk yesterday."

61He didn't go to the party because he ..... for the exam.