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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 42

1Who ..... the car when it .....?
2At this time yesterday, I (to talk) to my friend.
3While Mai ..... the meal, her brother ..... the house.
4Suddenly, I ..... some footsteps behind. Someone ..... me. I was frightened and ..... to run.
5She was driving home when the accident happened.
6I ..... the accident when I was waiting for the taxi.
7Jimmy ..... soccer with his friends.
8What tense is in the following sentence?The old vessel was being towed into harbour.
9I ..... a book yesterday.
10The old lady's health ..... day by day until she ..... smoking.
11While we ..... the project, he ..... an important point.
12Write complete sentences using past continuous: They/ explore/ city streets/ take/ photographs/ all day.
13Complete the sentence using the past continuous.John and his brother ..... (tell) a story when the phone rang.
14As we ..... on the motorway to Cardiff, I suddenly ..... that I had left the cellar door open.
15He ..... (sleep) when the alarm went off.
16She ..... to her mother when I met her.
17He ..... while the teacher was explaining the new rule.
18Chee Kuan ..... at our birthday party last night.
19While the astronauts ..... outside the space station, they saw a strange object.
20Which sentence uses the past progressive? Tick one.
21In what tense is this sentence written?Mr. Americo was visiting our class.
22We ..... in the classroom when the headmaster entered.
23Mum ..... while dad was digging in the garden
24I ..... working on my desk.
25When I ....., my son ..... video games.
26The fireman ..... down the pole when we visited the fire station. (slide)
27What is the structure of the past progressive aspect?
28I ..... my dog when my dad got home.
29Today she's wearing a skirt, but yesterday she ..... trousers.
30I ..... dinner when the phone .....
31Many people ..... (scream) when the firemen arrived.
32They were eating lunch together that afternoon.
33While my grandparents ..... dumplings, I ..... cookies.
34CORRECT THE MISTAKE: He were sleeping when I called.
35Mrs. Smith ..... on the phone when her students came in.
36They were talking to you.
37While she ..... (cook), the phone rang.
38Lucia ..... writing in her agenda, when we sat down this morning.
39She was training for a marathon.
40They ..... playing in the park when it started raining.
41What ..... you ..... (do) at this time last night?
42Circle the correct word or phrase5. Two men argued / were arguing outside, so I went to see what was happening.
43While Tom ..... (cook), his wife ..... (set) the table.
44Betty ..... a ride in an amusement park at 2:30 in the afternoon.
45Choose the right variant: What ..... Susan ..... when he came?
46I realised that someone ..... my wallet when I ..... their hand in my pocket.
47Marry and I (walk) along the beach when suddenly a big wave hit us last Sunday morning.
48Lucas and Mikayla were jogging together.
49Correct the tense error in each sentence. I ..... (wait) for the bus when the rain started.
50What ..... you doing at 10 o'clock last night?
51Maria ..... when I arrived at her home.
52Very often people behave as though they ..... alone inthe universe.
53Allison ..... (do) her Mathematics homework when the phone rang.
54Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.The children ..... their kites in the field when it started to rain heavily.
55My friends ..... math when I ..... yesterday.
56I ..... (read) the Qur'an when my mother called.
57What ..... your mom ..... when I ..... her?
58The two boys ..... along the lake when they heard a loud cry for help.
59I looked back because I was sure that somebody ..... (follow) me.
60I was eating dinner at 6:00 yesterday.
61She ..... when I entered the room.