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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 6

1What were the kids doing when the map got torn?O doing class work O cleaning up O playing O standing around
2What ..... Jane ..... (do) when the phone rang?
3While my mother was cooking dinner, my father ..... news on TV.
4I was studying for the exam when the phone rang.
5Ali ..... going to school when he saw the fat cat.
6Which sentence is in the past progressive? A) She danced at the party. B) She was dancing at the party. C) She is dancing at the party.
7Sally ..... (study) while Jan ..... (play).
8While Sara ..... the dishes, her sister wiped the dining table.
9They ..... the car for the parade.
10When is simple past continuous tense used?
11We ..... when they called.
12We ..... to music when the teacher arrived.
13While the waiter ..... (pick)up the pieces of glass he ..... (cut) his finger
14Limon Bread is my friend. He ..... (work) very hard at this time yesterday
15We ..... down when we saw the woman
16Tom (take) some photos when I (play) in the garden.
17While my father ..... the car, I ..... him.
18When Hurricane Katrina hit the Atlantic coast water rose, people ..... for help, neighborhoods ..... from looting and violence.
19While Sally ..... in bed, she ..... a strange noise downstairs.
20Kate ..... (cook) while I ..... (do) my homework.
21The rain ..... when my father ..... the car.
22Which sentence correctly uses past simple with past continuous to describe weather while walking?
23All the kids ..... their homework when the volunteer team .....
24Choose the correct past continuous form: 'I (play) soccer when it started to rain.'
25My mother and I ..... looking for souveniers when she met an old friend.
26He (play) ..... soccer when it started to rain.
27The train ..... the platform when Yumi reached the station.
28] We ..... under the tree.
29We saw that she ..... the text.
30They ..... TV when I came.
31Alice ..... practicing on the tennis court.
32When I ..... home, I encountered a menacing-looking stray dog.
33It ..... heavily when she ..... the building.
34In 2015, we ..... (live) in a small house in Mexico city.
35While the stock market was crashing, financial analysts were frantically advising their clients to minimize losses.
36What ..... Add and Helen ..... when you broke the glass?
37Zoe fell over and hurt her ankle when she ..... this morning. (jog)
38I had a feeling that I .....
39PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE9. The phone rang while I ..... dinner.
40What ..... you ..... at 10 o'clock at the party last night?
41How many ways are there to translate the imperfect tense in English?
42At 9 yesterday morning
43At this time yesterday, while I ..... a book, my sister ..... to music
44Huong ..... on the phone when I came in.
45The home team ..... the entire game when the visitors scored in the last minute.
46It ..... raining this morning.
47Change the sentence 'I am reading a book' into past tense.
48Christine and her friends ..... dinner when I reached their home yesterday.
49My grandma tried pizza for the first time while she ..... in Italy.
50My kids ..... their homework when I got home, so I helped them.
51She ..... when the accident happened.
52Last week, when a thief ..... my neighbour's bike, everyone .....
53They ..... (cook) dinner while we were watching TV.
54What ..... you doing when the system crashed this morning?
55The dialogues are always in Past Tense .....
56Which sentence correctly uses the past continuous tense? A) I was reading when the phone rang. B) I read when the phone rang.
57Change the sentence to past continuous tense: 'She eats breakfast every morning.'
58They ..... on the phone when I saw them yesterday.
59The athletes ..... very hard for the sports all last week.
60I wasn't listening when the teacher asked the question.
61..... for the whole afternoon yesterday? Poor you!