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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 34

1What were you doing when the phone rang?
2Write a sentence in the past continuous tense about an activity you were doing last weekend.
3While people ..... to each other, he ..... his book.
4Past Simple or Past Continuous:While we ..... to the news, the phone .....
5I ..... (make) a sandwich when the phone rang.
6When I entered the classroom, the students ..... their projects with excitement.
7Katy and Candy ..... computer games at 8 this morning.
8I was studying while my brother played games.
9Were you watching TV last night?
10What tense is used to describe ongoing actions in the past?
11Which of the following is correct:'They were watching a movie' or 'They was watching a movie'?
12The teacher ..... all of the chairs with new ones. (past progressive).
13Complete the sentence. I met my wife when I ..... English in Greece.
14We were flying a kite when the storm broke
15It ..... when we arrived at the stadium.
16'Did you see the children when you came home this afternoon?' 'No, they ..... their teacher in Priok'
17Choose the appropriate option for Past continuous: We ..... lunch in the cafeteria at noon.
18The horse ..... grazing in the field just now.
19My Mother ..... cooking when I knocked the door.
20A. Fill in the blanks according to their tenses!Past Tenses (Simple, Continuous, Perfect)Question: They ..... (study) math when Arini came into the room.
21The cat ..... (chase) the bird across the garden when it ..... (fall) off the wall.
22What ..... she doing when you saw her?
23She ..... tennis when I saw her.
24They were watching TV when the power went out. What tense is this?
25What is the mistake in this sentence? The plan was being implemented by the team, while the manager was monitoring.
26The child ..... with her toy when I ..... her in the living room.
27My friend ..... for me when I arrived.
28When I arrived, They ..... cards.
29George ..... at 5 o'clock yesterday.
30Answer the question using the PAST PROGRESSIVE AND SIMPLE PAST tenses:cooking / she / arrived / was / I / when
31Fill in the Past Simple or Continuous:It ..... (to rain) all day yesterday.
32When ..... the house .....?
33She ..... a presentation when the computer stopped working.
34They had a chat while they ..... for their flights.
35They ..... soccer when I saw them.
36She was shopping in the mall when she met her friend.
37At 7 PM yesterday, we ..... a video game.
38A:What ..... at 8 last night?B:Watching TV with my family. How about you?
39It happened ages ago. I ..... in New York at the time.
40While I ..... eating, the phone rang.
41I wasn't listening to the radio at that time.
42We ..... to each other regularly back then.
43What tense is utilized in the sentence: She was cooking dinner when I arrived?
44Choose the correct sentence: I ..... TV when the power went out.
45They all wanted to believe her, but suspected she ..... in the meeting that time.
46As I ..... for work, it ..... to rain.
47We ..... along the forest road when it started snowing.
48I ..... when you came home last night.
49Identify the sentence with past progressive tense:A) She played with her dog. B) She was playing with her dog.
50Mark Zuckerberg and his classmates ..... Facebook while he ..... Harvard University.
51At 7 pm yesterday, Sam ..... his English homework. I saw him studying in his room.
52Crooks cruelly teased Lennie by telling him .....
53Are the tenses right in this sentence?" Yesterday I was by your house and you weren't there"
54Tim ..... a book when I came to his house.
55They were playing football when I saw them.
56I ..... still ..... at 8 o'clock.
57Form the past continuous tense: They (to play) outside when it started to rain.
58The Past Continuous is used to denote:
59While Tom (read), Amely (watch) a documentary on TV.
60If Sarah really was baking a cake, which sentence correctly explains it?
61Choose the correct form for the past continuous tense.