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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 62

1I ..... the television when the earthquake happened.
2Write the correct form of the verbs!She met her close friend while she ..... (travel) on a train.
3The children ..... in the backyard when it unexpectedly to rain really hard.
4The students ..... silently when the teacher entered the classroom.
5Choose the right variant: When I opened the door it ......
6I ..... a shower when you texted me.
7While I ..... someone knocked at the door.
8We ..... (not listen) to the teacher, while she was speaking.
9What was Alysa doing when she realized the streets were empty?
10I was 12, ..... taking a bath and dancing at the same time.
11We ..... dinner when the power went out.
12One day, my sister Daisy and I (play) in the living room when my mum came in.
13At 6 yesterday, I ..... TV.
14At 8 pm yesterday, she was .....
15Which sentence uses the past continuous correctly? a) I was watching TV when she called. b) I watched TV when she called. c) I am watching TV when she called. d) I will watch TV when she called. e) I watch TV when she called.
16This time last year I ..... in Japan.
17She was worried that her son ..... very well that semester.
18We ..... the tea when there was a knock at the door.
19When I came, she ..... a book.
20He ..... sleeping when it started to rain.
21Complete the dialogueA:What ..... when he fell in the lake? B: I ..... on the phone.
22While she ..... her options, the deadline passed unexpectedly.
23Mum ..... (prepare) dinner while I ..... (do) the vacuum cleaning.
24Put the verbs in the correct form: He (fall) over as he (come) down the stairs.
25At two o'clock Sandra wasn't waiting for the bus.
26My kids were playing basketball together for hours yesterday
27I ..... cycling at the park which was a stone's throw from my house.
28What ..... when you injured your finger?-I was playing volleyball.
29Siwan ..... (sleep) when I ..... (send) him a message.
30While Alan (work) in his room, his friends (swim) in the pool.
31The dog ..... its paws when John fell down.
32Use the Past Continuous Tense:A police car came when the injured man (to carry off) the road.
33Just as Teresa ..... her homework, she ..... another task she had to do
34"I ..... at this time yesterday," Miss Abdul said.
35I ..... John yesterday, but he ..... so he was too tired to chat.
36Luke ..... outside the bank when suddenly two robbers ran past him.
37Which of these is a correct use of the past continuous:
38(she / go) ..... out to dinner when you saw her?
39I honestly couldn't follow a word you .....
40Under the sand in a beautiful wooden box, the treasure waiting to be found.
41Select the sentence that demonstrates the past continuous tense.
42My brothers ..... football while my parents were watching TV.
43I ..... lunch when my friend came.
44Detective:I'm afraid I must ask both of you. What ..... at 10.20 p.m yesterday? Mr. X:I ..... chess with my wife. Mr. Y:I ..... to a play on the radio.
45Choose the correct answer.When I last ..... Azim, he ..... the office.
46Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past progressive tense with "they / play" .
47Were your parents watching TV?
48What ..... when you ..... home last night?
49What tense is this sentence written in?Ansley, was crawling across the floor.
50Complete the sentence: "She ..... a novel while I was watching TV."
51Resuelve el siguiente ejercicio gramaticalWhen I ..... sick, my mother ..... me everyday
52I ..... to music when she came home.
53An accident ..... when I ..... on the street last night.
54What ..... (you/do) at 8 PM last night
55Jenny and Jessica ..... in the pool last Wednesday.
56S + Was/Were + Ving + OIs the formula of past continous.
57Uncle Bob ..... for us when we arrived at the station.
58While day ..... (walk), they Saw a beautiful bird
59Why ..... on a chair when I ..... into the room?
60Until midnight yesterday, we ..... through the desert.
61They were traveling to Paris last summer. What tense is this?