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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 48

1Teacher Neil was walking.
2I was working on my project.
3Identify the verb tense in the sentence below.They were dancing last night.
4I ..... with my girlfriend when the band ..... our favorite song.
5Eddie: " ..... the zoo all morning yesterday?"Rachel: "No, I ..... the hotel room because of the rain."
6Convert to past progressive:He runs in the park.
7As I ..... down the street, I saw Joe.
8Change this sentence to past continuous: 'He (to read) a book.'
9The teacher ..... attendance when I arrived
10Fill in the necessary words to make the following sentence past continuous tense: We ..... (watch) a movie when the electricity shut down.
11Past continous-Rule
12I hurt my leg while I played / was playing football.
13What ..... you ..... when the bell rang?
14Choose the correct past progressive verb tense to complete the sentence.They ..... around the island.
15The maid ..... a cake when she suddenly felt the floor moving.
16I (watch) the TV when my father arrived from work.
17The photographer took Johnson's pictures while he ..... a certificate.
18We ..... the garden on may 15th.
19What do you need to form the Past Continuous?
20She ..... a novel when the earthquake happened.
21"When the teacher entered the room, the students ..... (read) quietly."
22They ..... equality issues when the speaker arrived.
23What ..... you doing at 10 a.m.?
24In the sentence 'I was reading a book when the lights went out', which tense is used for 'I was reading'?
25Jerry was eating the biggest sandwich ever made.What tense is the verb in?
26Mai ..... dinner when the light went out
27Maria came to my house last night. She ..... telling her life story while I ..... the dinner.
28Inside the dusty attic filled with old books, the girl ..... for hidden treasure.
29Sorry, but when you called I ..... a shower.
30While I clean my room, the doorbell rang.
31I ..... in Mumbai when I first met him.
32What was happening when the mixer broke down?
33As I ..... the office, I ..... a strange shadow lurking in the corner.
34We ..... (decorate) a X-mas tree when the phone rang.
35She was watching a film yesterday when I called her.
36My father and I ..... dinner at eight o'clock last night.
37Write complete sentences using past continuous: She/ paint/ a picture/ while/ her brother/ do/ his homework.
38The phone was engaged when I called. Who ..... to?
39As I ..... the finish line in the race, my classmates cheered loudly for me.
40Present continuous changes to
41She hurt herself while she ..... hide-and-seek with her friends. A. is playing B. had played C. played D. was playing
42..... you sleeping at 5 yesterday evening?
43What are the key signal words for the past continuous tense?
44What tense is the verb: was breaking
45He ..... for an hour before his friend arrived.
46Choose the correct answerSam ..... the dishes when her brother called her.
47Why do we say "She wasn't going to her grandmother's house" instead of "She didn't going" ?
48They ..... a hike in the mountains when it began to snow. (Past Continuous Tense)
49Alii Sabino, alii Rabirio subveniebant.
50We ..... TV when mom got home.
51I was calling my mother when my phone ..... off
52Change 'They are studying' to the past continuous.
53Complete: I ..... (study) when the phone rang.
54Fill in the Past Simple or Continuous: We ..... (to eat) when grandma called.
55I ..... my clothes at 7 o'clock yesterday evening.
56Vernon ..... in the car when I came.
57Put correct past to be form: ..... you sitting when the teacher came in?
58George couldn't sleep because he ..... about his exams all night.
59It ..... to rain while we ..... home from school.
60How fast ..... when the accident happened?
61While we ..... football, it suddenly rained.