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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 31

1It started to rain while we ..... (play) tennis.
2Form a negative sentence in the past continuous:We / not / study/ at the moment
3Recognize the shift: He was walking when he sees the dog.
4I felt surprised when I knew that my painting .....
5The passengers ..... to board the game when it started to rain.
6Choose the correct form to complete the sentence: "While I ....., the phone rang."
7While we ..... (listened/listens/were listening) to music, someone knocked on the door
8..... you hitting him badly? (Past Tense)
9Exercise 8: Choose the correct options to complete the sentences. My mom ..... dinner at seven o'clock yesterday evening.
10At 7 o'clock yesterday I ..... my homework.
11She ..... TV when her husband came.
12My friend ..... a cake when I arrived.
13When my dad met my mum, he ..... as a bus driver.
14She (surf) ..... when the shark (attack) ..... her
15We use when to link a long action and a short action. We use the ..... for the long actions. We use the ..... for the short actions.
16While he ....., I was sleeping.
17You ..... on the paper. You ..... a letter.
18Complete the sentence. Use the correct form of the verb in parentheses. My grandfather ..... (read) the paper when I surprised him.
19I ..... (watch) TV when she called me.
20I ..... to work when I saw the accident happen
21The hotel ..... when it was burgled.
22While the scientists were conducting their research, they encountered several unexpected variables that complicated their results.
23Sam (work) from 8 am to 6 pm.
24Create a sentence in past progressive about what you were doing last weekend.
25We ..... watching tv that day
26When our father passed away, which of the following options describes where Elijah, David, and Daniel were living?
27At lunchtime yesterday, you saw Natalia eating ice cream. Which is the correct positive sentence?
28My grandpa ..... some coins when he ..... in his garden.
29"While I was walking, I saw a dog." What are the tenses?
30Form a past continuous sentence: "I / watch TV / at 7 pm."
31We use ..... to talk about actions and states in progress (happening) at a particular time in the past; for background actions.
32He was running.
33They ..... playing soccer all afternoon.
34While I ..... to work yesterday, I ..... an accident.
35I ..... TV at 8 p.m. last night.
36Select the sentence in Past Continuous with the correct tense agreement.
37Complete the sentence. At 9 o'clock I ..... a film on TV.
38It ..... and the pavement ..... covered with puddles.
39Select the verb (s) in the past progressive tense.If I knew what I was doing, it wouldn't be called research.(Albert Einstein)
40What were you doing/ did you do when I called?
41I ..... (make) breakfast when the dog ..... (eat) my sandwich.
42She ..... (cook) dinner when I called her.
43We. ..... dinner at eight o'clock last night .....
44When I called him, he ..... to the library.
45Circle the correct answer. At 10 o'clock yesterday morning I ..... to New York.
46Convert to past progressive:She plays the piano.
47She ..... to her presentation when the fire alarm rang.
48Read the sentence: "While I ..... (do) my homework, my brother was watching TV." Which form of the verb should fill the blank?
49It happened ages ago. I ..... in London at the time.
50I ..... across the street when youcalled me.
51Last night at this time, they ..... the same thing. She ..... and he ..... the newspaper
52Form the past continuous tense: He (to run) when it started to rain.
53They ..... (Work) on the software 10 minutes ago.
54I was sick during spring break.
55What ..... (you/ do) when the power went out last night?
56Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.Linda took great photos of butterflies while she ..... in the forest.
57Complete the sentence using the past continuous and past simple.I ..... (find) something strange when I was ..... (run) in the forest.
58My students ..... video games when the class started
59I ..... a book when you called.
60Identify the sentence that uses the past continuous: A) They were studying for the exam. B) They study for the exam.
61Are these sentences in the Past Simple or in the Past Continuous? Choose the correct answerYesterday at three o'clock, Martha was chatting on the Internet.