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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 53

1While Jim ..... the guitar on the street, someone ..... him a tip.
2Margeret and Betty ..... dinner last night when I arrived home.
3They ..... (move) their furniture when they ..... (hear) a loud noise.
4Convert the sentence to past continuous: 'He writes a letter.'
5She couldn't answer the phone call because she through a busy intersection at the time.
6When I arrived there, no lecture .....
7My mom was doing the chores .....
8Choose the best option to describe two actions happening at the same time in the past.
9Past simple or past continuous? Choose the correct tense for the following sentence:Tina ..... when she fell and hurt her leg.
10The students ..... when the teacher entered the room.
11Identify the past progressive:'I was sleeping when the alarm went off.'
12One day a wolf ..... (be drink)at a stream.
13The verbs "was looking" is in what tense?
14Well, I ..... my teeth when the phone rang. I had to run to pick it up.
15They ..... the Christmas presents the whole yesterday afternoon.
16He ..... his car when the phone rang.
17Mr.Pryce was having his house done up. Write what he saw when he went to inspect the work.New curtains ..... (put up)
18Complete the sentence to describe two simultaneous past actions:While my dad ..... the car, my mom ..... groceries.
19He (read) ..... a book while waiting for his friend.
20What ..... you ..... at 5 p.m. yesterday?
21I ..... in the cafe having a drink when the police arrived.
22Trudy and Patrick ..... paddling down the river when they found a hidden cave.
23Fran was swimming in the pool yesterday.
24While we ..... the Internet, we came across some very useful web sites
25I (try) ..... to log on when the Wi-Fi ..... (stop) working.
26Elmer and Wanda were running their business like champs.
27The students ..... the topic when the bell rang.
28..... Miss Anna ..... some applicants yesterday at 9 AM?
29At 8 p.m. yesterday, he ..... code for a new software feature.
30Which sentence is NOT in the past continuous tense?
31We ..... to move to Dubai but decided we liked Abu Dhabi better.
32Laura ..... a glass while she ..... the dishes.
33The mixer ..... down when I ..... dinner.
34Mary ..... to music when I got home.
35Mark the leter A, B, C, D to indicate the correct answer to each of following the questionWe ..... English this time last week.
36Select the correct answer:We ..... going to school but it was cancelled?
37Recognize the shift: He was walking when he suddenly falls.
38What is the correct structure for the Past Progressive tense?
39Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. I ..... when my friend called me.
40A) Were the children playing in the garden? B) No, they .....
41The cat ..... under the sofa when I found it.
42I ..... my favorite novel when the electricity went off last night.
43In the following past continuous sentence. Is auxiliary verb correct? "He was taking photos"
44Choose the right variant: He ..... when I met him.
45We a documentary about sea animals for our science report.
46Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb in parentheses. 8. I ..... (study) when the phone rang.
47Complete:I called you yesterday at 10 pm but you didn't answer. What .....
48The teacher ..... (Ask) a question while Dawson ..... (talking) with a friend.
49We ..... around the park
50She was cooking dinner at 7 p.m.The negative form is .....
51We (see) an accident when we (wait) for the bus.
52Yesterday, they ..... a lot of time searching for their lost dog.
53It ..... when they left.
54The machine broke down when we ..... the production
55Write a past progressive sentence using 'dance'.
56While I ..... a newspaper, my brother cried.
57They ..... supper when the telephone rang.
58She ..... attention when the teacher asked a question.
59I ..... my project when you called me.
60It was found that some students ..... not attending their classes.
61Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb. 1. I ..... on the sofa when it started to snow.