Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 41

1We ..... (not/study) for the test when the teacher arrived.
2At 2.00 yesterday children ..... (do) their homework.
3The speech ..... when the power suddenly went out.
4Choose the option that best completes the sentence:Lisa (a) ..... ready for her last performance when she (b) ..... an accident on the stairs.
5He ..... his homework while his brother was watching TV.
6While Dad ..... (print) an article, the printer ..... (run out) of paper.
7H. Complete the sentences with the correct past simple and/or past continuous forms.They ..... (live) in Germany when they ..... (be) young.
8We were eating dinner while she ..... for her exams.
9Choose the correct form: "While I ..... TV, the phone rang."
10The tourist lost his camera while he ..... around the city.
11The water ..... when I had the bath.
12Use the past continuous to complete the sentence.I ..... on the side of the road.
13The sun ..... i when ..... up this morning.
14We ..... to finish our project before the teacher arrived.
15I was playing soccer at park.
16Choose the accurate form of simple past continuous tense: They (were playing/play) football when it started to snow.
17They were writing letters at 3 o'clock yesterday.
18By the middle of the 1960s many parts of Europe ..... a tremendous economic boom.
19Which tense is used to show an action that was happening in the past?
20As I ..... The door, I came across Natalie. She ..... to me for a few minutes.
21FILL IN THE BLANKYesterday, I ..... doing my homework.
22The suitable variant: He knew the answer, but he to ..... share it with her then.
23Complete the sentence: They ..... (to play) soccer when it started to rain.
24While I ..... dinner, the phone rang. A) cook B) was cooking C) am cooking D) will cook
25We ..... about our vacation plans when they arrived.
26My sister ..... the dishes when someone ..... the door.
27David ..... his teeth at that moment.
28We ..... for the bus when it suddenly left.
29While we ..... picnic,it satrted to rain.
30Andy wasn't studying in his room at nine this morning. He .....
31They ..... in the park when I called.
32It ..... when we left.
33I didn't know that it ..... still .....
34Night was falling and the moon ..... (shine).
35I ..... attention while I ..... the letter, so I made several mistakes.
36The students were making posters when the teacher arrived.
37My mum ..... breakfast at 7 am yesterday
38Which sentence is in the past continuous tense?![Image for Question 3](https://via.placeholder.com/150.png?text=Question+3)![Image related to past continuous tense](https://via.placeholder.com/150.png?text=Past+Continuous+Tense)
39While Bernard (walk) ....., he tripped over a pebble and fell.
40I ..... so confidently that my American colleague started doubting if she knew the right kind of English.
41Convert the sentence 'She is playing the piano' into past continuous.
42Convert to past continuous: She sings beautifully.
43The passengers ..... sleeping when the train hit the truck.
44My sister ..... busy hanging up new curtains while I ..... mopping the floor,
45Past Continuous Tense: I ..... a report when the power went out.
46Choose the verb tense of the sentence.I was playing football all night long.
47It ..... as we drove slowly along the road.
48I ..... TV at eight o'clock yesterday evening.
49They were taking selfies while the tour guide the itinerary.
50The students ..... when the teacher entered the class.
51The nurse ..... the patient when the doctor entered.
52..... when you got up this morning?
53She ..... drinking orange juice when she had the accident.
54Jake ..... typing his essay when the power suddenly went out.
55The last time I saw him, he ..... about moving abroad.
56Carl apologizes for not being available when you called, but he ..... an important client.
57She ..... her homework when the power went out.
58Which of the following is NOT past progressive? A) She was dancing. B) She danced. C) She was dancing yesterday.
59They were speaking Spanish.
60I dropped my phone when I ..... a message.
61He ..... in bed when I called him.