Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 69

1I ..... (practice) the guitar when he came home.
2Sam ..... for a job, but there were not many at this time last year.
3Use simple past continuous tense in a sentence.
4Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions While I ....., I suddenly felt sleepy. A. study B. studied C. had studied D. was studying
5I ..... (study) hard all last week!
6We ..... (watch) TV while my mom was cooking.
7I was studying and my brother .....
8I listened carefully while the teacher ..... the problem.
9David ..... all evening yesterday.
10We ..... playing games all day yesterday.
11Convert the sentence 'The dog barks' to past progressive.
12Differentiate: When do we use Past Continuous instead of Past Simple?
13Choose the correct tense to go in the gap. I ..... my homework when you called.
14Inside the crowded airport terminal, the traveler with the oversized backpack ..... for his delayed flight.
15Past Simple Tense or Past Continuous TenseWhen you ..... Paul, ..... he ..... (wear) a black jacket?
16I had an unpleasant feeling that I .....
17Last year at this time, I ..... school
18While Ciello ..... (do) his homework, Lala ..... (practice) for the presentation.
19I used my time well while I (wait) ..... for my plane-I wrote some emails.
20They ..... their homework when I called.
21(what / Sally / do) ..... the last time you saw her?
22The correct form of the verbWhen my parents came I ..... a project.
23We ..... a coffee in the cafe when we saw Tom.
24Jack found an old coin while he ..... in the garden.
25The boys (swim) while the girls (sunbath)
26While Jolie and Raz ..... on the playground, it started to storm.
27He was ..... the movie while her mother ..... for dinner yesterday.
28Birds and insects were quickest to get established in new habitats, ..... by their mobility.
29My father ..... TV when I got home.
30We were cleaning the house all morning.
31My mom came home with spaghetti when I ..... hungry. My hunger was gone after eating it.
32I (learn) ..... Math at 7 p.m. yesterday.
33Convert the sentence to past tense: 'We are studying for the exam.'
34The children ..... in the pool when it started to rain.
35Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.I first met her four years ago when we ..... at a middle school.
36..... when I came?
37Past Continuous Tense:The farmers ..... when the strong rain fell.
38Yesterday evening Mr. Miller ..... TV.
39We ..... dinner when you called.
40The plumber ..... the tap when I returned home from school.
41We ..... (have) a party when I ..... (take) this photo.
42Sam and Cindy ..... to the waiter when Venice entered the restaurant.
43I ..... the cup finals when you arrived. (WATCH)
44We ..... in the classroom when the bell rang.
45How do you write the past progressive tense of verb?
46Complete the sentence with the verbs in brackets. Use the correct past tense: She (have) ..... a shower when the postman (arrive) .....
47Write the correct form of the verb: Where ..... you going when I met youlast night?
48A: .....?B:I was in the library.
49His clothes were dirty then as he ..... the car.
50At this time yesterday, we ..... along the Mekong River.
51..... to music at 6 p.m yesterday?
52Choose the correct verb form:We got married while we ..... in Singapore.
53She ..... when I called her yesterday evening.
54As they ..... down the road, they found a wallet.
55I ..... a movie when the electricity went out.
56The dogs ..... barking loudly while the mailman was walking by.
57Choose the correct progressive tense of the verb inside the parenthesis to complete each sentence.The birds (sing) beautifully this morning.
58Nothing much ..... when I got to the meeting (happen).
59She ..... (live) in France at the time she ..... (receive) the bad news.
60The boy ..... while his mother .....
61The students ..... an exam when the lights went out.