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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 59

1Tom has just arrived, but I didn't know he ..... until yesterday.
2She ..... teaching English at 8 AM yesterday morning
3Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.1. Peter ..... a scary programme at seven o'clock yesterday.
4Which tense is associated with 'Questions in the Past Progressive-Exercise 1'?
5While I ..... (swim), my friends ..... (sit) on the beach.
6As we ....., I asked Laura to join me for lunch.
7Complete the sentence with present or past Continuous tense.I ..... dinner when the guests arrived.
8True or False: "I was working on the project" is an example of past continuous tense.
9What is the correct form of the past continuous for 'they'?
10Was your Mom cleaning the house last night?
11Form the past continuous tense: I (to watch) TV when you called.
12Which words BESTS complete the sentence below?We ..... dinner when the phone rang.
13The news ..... on TV while we comfortably on the sofa with our drinks.
14Which tense uses was/were + V-ing?
15"The warning signs were appearing long before the crisis hit." What does this structure indicate?
16At this time yesterday, Anastasiya ..... breakfast when I called her.
17I was trying/tried to get in touch with you all day yesterday. Where were you?
18I ..... to the station when I ..... John.
19My mother were reading a novel. This is correctly conjugated in Past Progressive
20While she ....., she ..... to someone on her car phone.
21Some of Phillip's co-workers at the factory were often complaining to the boss.
22We saw several old friends while we ..... in Ho chi Minh City.
23While I ..... the floor, Mrs. Paker began cooking
24Change the following sentence from past simple to past continuous: I made a sandwich.
25They ..... (analyze) the data when the power went out.
26Sajna ..... near Bus stop when I met her.
27While they ..... (walk) through the park yesterday, they met their neighbours.
28Jeslene and Emma ..... a song when they heard a scream.
29Complete the sentence: We ..... watching a movie when the power went out.
30While I ..... to school, I ..... a terrible accident.
31I (sit) ..... in class right now. I (sit) ..... in class at thisexact same time yesterday.
32We talked while we ..... dinner.
33'While I was reading the newspaper, my wife ..... my shirts.'
34Last weekend, my friends and I (spill) the tea about our crushes.
35He met his wife when he (work) in Cherkassy.
36When I got home, my family ..... dinner.
37Were Mike and Gabriel playing video games with you at this time yesterday?
38Samantha ..... in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she ..... there when the Berlin Wall came down.
39At 9 o'clock I ..... a film on TV.
40Rini ..... while her mother was washing the vegetables.
41While Olivia ..... for the bus, it started raining.
42Most of the residents ..... when the fire broke out.
43He met his wife while he ..... (work) in Brussels.
44While I ..... for the bus on a cold morning, I met an old friend from primary school.
45A: ..... she sleeping when you came? B:No, she .....
46I ..... a postcard when I heard a bang.
47They were eating dinner when the neighbors stopped by for a visit.Identify the tense of the verb.
48What ..... you ..... at 2 a.m. yesterday?
49While Tom ..... in the garden, his wife was cooking.
50Answer the question using the PAST PROGRESSIVE tense:You ..... visiting your friends
51She ..... in London when she met her husband.
52Complete the sentences:Nick ..... (become) sick while he ..... (travel) in Texas.
53My sister ..... on the couch when I entered.
54While we ..... the dog, we found a coin.
55My friend got wet while he ..... hiking last month.
56..... is used to describe an ongoing activity in the past.
57I ..... some shopping yesterday, when I saw that Dutch friend of yours.
58What is the time tense of the next sentence?"I was listening"
59Was Colin working/ Was Colin be working/ Were Colin working at this time yesterday?
60While scientists ..... the device, an error occurred.
61She ..... to her friend when I called.