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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 35

1Choose the best answer. They ..... TV when I came.
2Betty ..... dinner while Mary was playing the piano.
3From 6 to 6:15, I ..... pictures while I was having a walk.
4Lydia WAS TELLING her friends about her plans for a sleepover on Saturday.
5ING-PAST TENSEThey ..... to pop music.
6Rina ..... a bath when I phone her
7She ..... (read) a book all day yesterday.
8I ..... down the road when I saw her.
9Complete the sentence with the verb in the Past Continuous Tense form.A: What was that noise last night?B: I think someone ..... on our neighbour's door.
10Stanley was ripping open the package.
11While my father ..... to leave the house, there was an urgent call for him.
12They ..... dinner when I called them.
13We ..... in the park when it started to rain.
14In the sentence "Dora was babysitting on Saturday, " what is the tense of the verb phrase?
15Annabel ..... (listen) to my presentation and at the end she ..... (ask) a good question.
16What is the structure of the next sentence?I was reading a book when my friend arrived.
17I saw Rene yesterday when she ..... by the seaside.
18The sun ..... and the birds ..... when we arrived.
19Tom ..... to his girlfriend when I ..... him.
20Select the correct form: Last night, the electricity went out while I ..... a video.
21They ..... (a) ..... (play) computer games when I ..... (b) ..... (do) homework.
22Convert 'He is reading a book' to past tense.
23While we ..... (were having / had / has / having) dinner, the phone ..... (rings / ring / rang / is ringing).
24Fill in the blank: 'I ..... (watch) TV when you called me.'
25It ..... dark when we ..... home.
26While we ..... (walk) to school, we saw a rainbow. (Past continuous)
27You ..... the sunset last night.
28She ..... a presentation at 8 p.m. last night.
29Identify the verb tense: The children were playing in the street.
30Rewrite the sentences replacing the past tense verb with a past progressive tense verb.
31SIMPLE PAST VS PAST PROGRESSIVEComplete the sentence:I ..... why she was so late.
32Jenny (wait) ..... for me when I arrived.
33Was the sheep singing at eleven last night? Emma: Yes, ..... singing.
34Write the correct form of the verb: Where ..... you going when I met you last night?
35While Benjamin ..... the dishes, Jackson ..... the lawn last night.
36We played / were playing tennis when it started raining, so we stopped / were stopping
37He (a) TV when he heard a strange noise outside.
38You ..... in a restaurant when I first ..... you.
39Choose the sentence in past progressive tense:A) They watched a movie. B) They were watching a movie.
40We were memorizing the poem when the teacher entered the classroom.
41Henry ..... when I went to his house yesterday.
42The kids ..... (not / play) soccer because they had exams.
43Reading & Writing Part 6:Fill in one wordLast Sunday I ..... walking in the forest when I saw a rabbit.
44Fathiyah ..... baking a cake while her mother ..... ironing the clothes this morning.
45What ..... at 8 p.m. yesterday?
46Correct the mistakes each sentence has one tense mistake: "They was playing football yesterday at 4 p.m."
47What is the past progressive tense used to tell about?
48They ..... (clean) the house when you visited them.
49Convert to past tense: He is cooking dinner now.
50Barra: What were your parents doing when you went to school?Mirna: They .....
51She ..... a book at that time.
52Lan (play) ..... the piano while her sister (paint) ..... the picture last night.
53Mum ..... dinner, while I was doing my exercises.
54Differentiate tenses: Explain the use of 'was eating' vs 'ate'.
55John:Were you sleeping all night long?Mary: ..... The correct sentence to complete the dialogue is .....
56We were filming
57When I ..... the washing-up, I ..... the plate
58He ..... (was writing/wrote/writes) an email when his computer shut down
59While I ..... a book, my sister called me.
60She ..... a book when I entered the room.
61One day, Mr. Clark ..... home with a smile on his face.