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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 47

1While we (sleep), our parents (watch) TV.
2I ..... looking at the stars last night.
3The sun ..... when we went outside
4At 8 PM last night, my friend ..... (call) me while I was eating dinner.
5You didn't answer when I phoned you this morning. What did you do / were you doing?
6We ..... English when the power went out.
7The ball ..... when the boy kicked it.
8Last night, I ..... asleep in my room when a strange noise ..... me up.
9'He was singing while she was dancing.' is in:
10George hurt his head while he .....
11When I looked round the door, the baby ..... quietly. A. is sleeping B. slept C. was sleeping D. were sleeping
12While the teacher ....., the students were listening attentively.
13A vaccine to cure the COVID-19 was being discovered by scientists.
14I ..... (write) an email at 9 p.m. yesterday.
15When Nick came home from school, his friends ..... in the yard.
16The pupils ..... a lot of noise when the headmaster walked in.
17Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb. 4. What ..... Stephen ..... about?
18Which uses the a past progressive tense correctly?
19While the lamb ..... (cook) we were eating cheese pie and sausages.
20We ..... chess while they ..... a book.
21We ..... lunch when he came.
22Mark ..... on the phone when his father came in
23I am sorry, I can't come with you. I ..... that party.
24I didn't hear you come home last night as I .....
25Formulate a sentence in the past continuous tense using "play" in a real-world scenario involving Tom and Jiani:
26Helen ..... in the park when a dog attacked her.
27I ..... to my friend when you came.
28Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.The teacher entered the room while the students ..... their plan for the excursion.
29Past Perfect & Past Continuous: While they ..... about the problem, the solution became clear.
30'While I ..... TV, my brother was cooking.'
31At 11 last night, I ..... in bed.
32When I came to visit her last night, she ..... a bath. A. is having B. was having C. has had D. had had
33Betty ..... vegetables at the supermarket at 9 p.m. yesterday
34Choose the correct verb:I ..... watching TV when Jack and Jill arrived.
35We ..... watching television together
36Students ..... to each other when the teacher wanted them to help her. A) were talking B) have talked C) have been talking D) are talking
37The students ..... their notes while the teacher was explaining.
38While I ..... the dishes, the phone rang.
39He ..... (work) at seven o'clock yesterday evening.
40She ..... a story when the lights went out.
41At 7 yesterday, she ..... her homework.
42What ..... you ..... when the accident happened?
43The students ..... a test when the teacher fainted.
44Answer the question:Were they cooking dinner?
45KET READING PART 3:Complete the conversation.Why didn't you come to the pool yesterday?
46Though it ..... raining, the event went ahead as planned.
47..... it ..... when you woke up this morning?
48While they ..... around the park, they saw two different accidents.
49When I saw her at the library, she ..... for her exam.
50People on the beach (was building, were building) sand castles.
51She ..... English at this time yesterday.
52She came when Anna (to cook) the dinner.
53Complete the sentence:While my dad ..... dinner, my sister was setting the table.
54He ..... for the bus when he saw his friend.
55She told her parents that she ..... in the reading room at that moment.
56We were walking home when it suddenly .....
57Preterite or imperfect?She was nice.
58Past Progressive TenseHis feet ..... so much during the match.
59Construct a sentence in the past continuous tense.
60The sun (shine) ..... and the birds (sing) .....
61Jen ..... when I called her yesterday.