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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 52

1..... she reading a magazine when Peter arrived?
2She ..... the phone while she ..... in her bedroom.
3Lucy ..... her hair ..... when I saw her at the hairdresser's
4It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun (shine) ..... A cool breeze (blow) ..... The birds (sing) .....
5What do you use this room for? Last month it ..... as a meeting room but now it ..... as fitting room.
6Formulate a question in the past continuous tense.
7An activity which started before and continued after an event in the past.
8Jair ..... (pay) the bills
9..... Sofia ..... that song with Sonia?
10Match each sentence to its description. Jake was cycling.
11They said they ..... preparing for the exam.
12When I came home yesterday, my sister ..... her homework.
13At 5:00 p.m. yesterday, Ms. Tripathy ..... T.V.
14I ..... studying when the phone rang.
15(Past Continuous) I ..... my dinner when the phone rang.
16I first met her two years ago when we ..... at Oxford University.
17Lan: " ..... at school yesterday?"-Hoa: "Yes, I was."
18Charlie ..... (hide) in my wardrobe when Lola found him. She screamed!
19Read and check the mistake in each of the following sentence. Then choose the best answer: 2. While she cooked dinner, the phone rang.
20True or False:To correct the sentence 'They talking during the entire movie, ' you just need to add the word 'were' before 'playing.'
21We ..... volleyball at ten o'clock yesterday.
22Everyone was having a good time, although not many people danced/were dancing
23I broke that window while I ..... the room
24This morning at five o'clock Ben ..... with his brother.
25What is the grammar structure in past continuous?
26While my father was working in the garden, my brother ..... video games.
27The fans were cheering for Rafael when he fell during the soccer game.
28Choose the appropriate structure to complete the sentence.The computer programme (is still being created/ was still being created) at 10 p.m.yesterday.
29What tense does have the following feature?is used to talk about two simultaneous actions in the past
30The construction workers ..... on the busy street and it was very loud.
31Identify the sentence in past progressive tense:A) The sun shines brightly. B) The sun was shining brightly.
32Find the sentence in the Past Continuous Tense
33Complete the sentence with the Past Simple and Continuous:"I ..... (switch) off the computer because it ..... (make) a strange noise"
34I ..... (wash) my car while he ..... (watch) TV on the sofa.
35This sentence is correct:While I was eating, the cat scratched at the door.
36We ..... (see) the dolphins while we ..... (sail).
37They ..... rice when he asked them a question
38I ..... I ..... the door bell.
39Fill in the blank with the past continuous tense form of the verb given in the bracket. "Monica ..... since last week." (plan)
40Which tense is used for continuous actions in the past?
41I was very busy lately since the project of designing the new collection started.
42Identify the tense of the verb in the sentence: "We were walking in the park when it started to rain."
43Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.The boys broke a window when they ..... football.
44I hope you two ..... (enjoy) your time together yesterday!
45While Tom ..... English to poor children in Phnom Penh last year, he ..... a lot about Cambodian culture.
46She ..... on the phone when someone ..... on the door.
47We form the negative form of past continuous tense with .....
48Yesterday, I ..... (walk) to school when it suddenly ..... (start) raining.
49What ..... she ..... when I arrived at the party?
50Complete the sentence: We ..... in London when it started to rain.
51MARIA AND HER SISTER ..... SOCCER WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN
52Past Continuous vs. Simple Past. Choose the correct form of the verbs.While he ..... from the bank, the robber ..... in the revolving door.
53Which uses past continuous?
54..... looking out the window when it started to rain?
55What ..... yesterday at 8 pm?
56I called / was calling you at 8 o'clock last night, but you didn't answer. What did you do / were you doing?
57He (make) a snowman at 9pm yesterday.
58We ..... in Bolu at that time last year.
59We ..... (play) tennis at 5 yesterday.
60Choose the correct variant: Susan ..... coffee when she heard the news.
61My cousins ..... (not/rewrite) the lesson class on the notebook