Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 49

1While Mary ..... for her test, she fell asleep.
2While the teacher ..... ) in, they ..... English.
3The jet was speeding across the sky.
4The students in Block B (sing) to the tune of London Bridge last week.
5I ..... sleeping when the telephone rang.
6What tense is this phrase:Yesterday at 7pm, I was studying while the baby was sleeping
7Choose the correct Past Continuous sentence: 'While I slept, my phone was ringing.'
8Isaac ..... lying in the shade when an apple fell on his head.
9Kelly (watch) ..... TV when I (ring) ..... her last night
10While she ....., the phone rang.
11The correct form of the tenseHey Rob!I ..... for information about candle clocks all night last night when I ..... an article about King Alfred the Greats candle clock.
12"A little boy was kicking my seat the whole time"This is a:
13Rob and Sue were not receiving math class yesterday.
14A novel ..... by Nikunj at 10:00 yesterday night.
15Sara ..... (run) because she was late for her classes.
16Pick the correct verb to complete: She ..... reading when I called.
17They were talking about you earlier.
18When Kevin called me, I ..... the plants at the back yard.
19What were you doing at 10 AM yesterday? I ..... a poster about "No Littering."
20The children ..... and .....
21Mr Karim ..... happily under a tree.
22They ..... their homework when the internet suddenly stopped working.
23I ..... in the room when you called last night
24I know that our enemies ..... (pomagali) me when I was lost in the forest yesterday.
25Identify the correct form:'I (to work) on my project when it started to rain.'
26She ..... chess when her friend arrived.
27Choose the correct phrase to complete the sentence.While Allison ..... a book, the clock fell down and hit her on the head. A) was readingB) is readingC) has read
28They ..... in the meeting when I called.
29She ..... dinner while her brother was watching TV.
30A shark ..... (attack) them while they ..... (swim) back to the beach.
31What tense is used in: 'He was studying when I called him'?
32Put the verb in the correct tense: Past Simple or Past Continuous. The wind (blow) ..... all night. Choose the correct form.
33We form the interrogative form (past continuous) by putting was/were before the subject and we use the main verb with the-ing suffix.
34A fire-fighter was injured severely while he ..... to put out a fire. A. would help B. helped C. has helped D. was helping
35John arrived while I .....
36The children ..... (play) in the playground at this time yesterday
37Just as ..... leaving, the phone rang.
38'I wonder why Agus is absent. He might be sick.' 'He isn't. I saw him when I ..... for the bus.'
39I ..... (lose) my hat while I ..... (play) with my friends in the park.
40How does the past continuous tense differ from the simple past tense?
41Jack ..... the cows when a stranger drove onto his farm.
42As long as one group ..... dinner, the others were collecting woods for fire.
43While Bona was cooking Daro .....
44While we ..... an article, mother ..... dinner.
45James was tidying his room while Peter ..... a bath.
46When I came to visit my friend yesterday, she ..... her bike in the yard.
47When I reached the stadium, my friends ..... for me for 30 minutes.
48While the man ..... (repair) the car, his son ..... (play) with the tools.
49He ..... on the phone when I entered the room.
50We ..... watching the movie when the light went off.
51When his mum came home, he ..... his project.
52Choose the sentence that correctly uses take in the past progressive tense.
53At 8 last night, I ..... dinner.
54She ..... breakfast with her family this morning. (Past Continuous Tense)
55What ..... at 8 o'clock last night?
56Use in context: We were watching a movie last night.
57At this time yesterday, I ..... an essay.
58Mr Lee saw a snake while he ..... the lawn yesterday.
59What ..... you ..... (do) last night at seven?
60Alan took a photograph of Sandra while she .....
61Jessica ..... TV when I got home last night.