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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 38

1What tense is the verb: was turning
2While I ..... my bike, Susan ..... a book under the tree.
3Write complete sentences using past continuous: Ngoe/ have/ meeting 9 a.m./ last Wednesday.
4Complete the sentence to show an action was in progress at a specific past time:At 8 p.m. last night, my dad ..... dinner.
5We ..... lunch when the phone rang.
6Which of the following sentences is NOT in the Past Continuous?
7A: I ..... TV when suddenly the power went off.B: Oh, that must have been annoying!
8A small stone struck the windshield while we ..... down the gravel road.
9While he ..... for his shoes, a strange man ..... on the door.
10Everyone ..... when I came
11Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.Luke was cutting the vegetables .....
12Fill in the blank: 'They (to watch) a movie when I called.'
13At this time last night, I (prepare) for my husband's birthday party
14He ..... Chinese while I ..... my project.
15While the teacher ..... the life story of Uncle Ho, everyone in our class ..... notes carefully.
16I ..... a mystery movie on TV when the electricity ..... out.a. will be watching / is going b. watched / was goingc. was watching / went d. have watching / goes
17Last year, I was studying for the exams.
18He didn't do his homework, he ..... all night.
19Some audience ..... (cry) when the sad movie ended.
20If you want to ask about someone's activities at a place, you say:
21As I ..... the bread, I ..... a sharp pain in my finger.
22The sentence 'They were reading at that time.' is in .....
23..... the teacher ..... when you entered the classroom?
24They ..... in the garden at 5 p.m. yesterday.
25CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB FORM TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE "Past Continuos and Simple Past"At midnight, we SLEPT / WERE SLEEPING.
26When I saw Mary, she ..... a tantrum. She wanted an ice cream.
27He was reading a new book for an hour.
28Michael ..... flying a kite while the teacher was teaching class.
29Mrs Yogeswaran ..... cleaning the house the whole morning.
30While they (wait) ..... for the train, they (eat) ..... their sandwiches.
31My brother and I ..... watching TV when the phone rang.
32The children ..... (play) in the yard when it started to rain.
33Mr. Cheung was running down the street with his coat billowing like a cape.
34Choose the best answer to complete the sentence or conversation.The high school students when the weather conditions changed for the worse.
35Identify the progressive tense of the verb.We were planning our meals for week yesterday.
36Choose the correct answer.At this time yesterday, I ..... an essay.
37Which of the following is past continuous? 'I was studying when he called.' or 'I study every day.'
38Oh, I never knew you were the someone waiting for me.(Ed Sheeran-Perfect)
39I was ..... a newspaper.
40At three o'clock yesterday, Maria .....
41Which sentence describes an unfinished past action?
42How can we form the Past Continuous?
43The teacher ..... (write) on the board when the bell rang.
44My parents ..... when I got in the house
45Anyway, it was a dark, winter afternoon and we ..... in the sitting room.
46I did not understand what they were talking about
47While Hani ..... for us, his mum was texting.
48Sorry, I ..... with my children in the garden and I ..... track of time.
49Natabam
50Which of the following contains a verb that is in progressive tense form?
51He ..... the newspaper when the incident happened
52MARIANA WAS SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN
53We ..... for two hours before the rain stopped.
54We (to work) the whole morning yesterday.
55They were traveling by train when they saw the beautiful sunset.
56You ..... with me when the teacher ..... down.
57I ..... when someone ..... my lunchbox yesterday.
58I ..... my car when you called me.
59He ..... lunch when I saw him.
60When my mom shouted, I ..... sleeping.
61My mother and my aunt ..... an interesting film on TV at about 8.30pm yesterday.