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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 57

1What ..... the fishermen (do) ..... when the storm (start) .....?
2While I was cleaning the floor, the phone .....
3The man whom I ..... with ..... the dean of our faculty.
4How would you write this sentence correctly in the past progressive tense?Rachel ..... (sing) the solo in the concert.
5Complete the sentence:My friends and I ..... for the school bus when it started to rain.
6She ..... the beds while her mother ..... the washing.
7Recognize tense usage: Why is 'was eating' used in a sentence?
8My parents ..... watching a movie when I got home.
9While the teacher was explaining to the whole class, she ..... carefully.A. didn't listen B. wasn't listening C. had listened D. wasn't listened
10While I was studying English in my room, my parents ..... TV in the living room.
11They ..... TV when I came over.
12At 9 PM last night, Sarah was watching her favorite TV show. She was sitting on the couch with a bowl of popcorn when her phone rang.What was Sarah doing at 9 PM last night?
13The students were ignoring the directions.
14The patient ..... in the emergency room when the doctor arrived.
15Duma was listening to music while I ..... to his friends.
16We ..... in the garden when it began to rain.
17He said he was busy yesterday morning. But he ..... computer games from 8 to 10.
18I met Pooja when she ..... to the post office.
19As Claire ..... (dust) the furniture, she ..... (break) her mum's vase.
20We ..... studying English yesterday at 6 pm.
21While my brother (sweep) the floor yesterday afternoon, my sister (water) the plants.
22A) The sun shone / was shining brightly when I got up / was getting up this morning.
23We said that we ..... our homework inthe library.
24She ..... to music while studying yesterday evening.
25Complete the sentence:The boy ..... playing with his friends.
26We use past continuos
27He (work) ..... on the project when he got the news.
28The children ..... all night.
29Apply the past continuous tense in a sentence about last night.
30I did my homework while I ..... TV.
31Tania ..... her favorite dish while her daughter was studying her English.
32My brother was not reading a book last week.
33Complete the sentence:Fendi and his friend ..... to the teacher a minute ago.
34What type is the sentence is this? Joseph was silently laughing as Lara was attempting to sing.
35Fill in the blank: She (to study) for her exams when the power went out.
36We found the coins as we ..... in the garden. They look very old.
37She ..... here when I arrived.
38My sister ..... a movie when she ..... asleep on her flight home.
39My mother ..... the house yesterday.
40Lare ..... with her best friend when I arrived home
41She was over the moon to be able to go home. The sun ..... brightly. It was a perfect day
42She ..... (read) a book when the lights went out.
43When my friend came, I ..... flowers in the garden.
44My friends ..... to leave, so I ..... to call a cab. I was working early this morning.
45Mr. Adek ..... home when the rain began.
46Chloe and Ryan are describing what they were doing yesterday evening in Hong Kong. Choose the sentence in the past continuous tense.
47The skier ..... down the slope when she lost her balance.
48Asha ..... and tired of his life, so she asked her father what to do.
49They ..... not playing when we arrived.
50While I was reading, the phone .....
51She ..... (cook) dinner when the phone rang.
52The door closed while everybody ..... up.
53The motorcyclist knocked down the old man while he (is crossing, was crossing) the road.
54Dan made a lot of friends while he ..... around America.
55They ..... (not fly) for long when they lost radio contact.
56We ..... hoping to camp nearby.
57My brother was tidying the bookcase while I ..... (make) the beds.
58The kid ..... television all evening. (watch)
59They (were revising, are revising) their lesson when the teacher walked into the classroom.
60I ..... on a bench in the park when they ran past me.
61All of the balloons were popping!