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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 7

1My mom ..... (cook) dinner when I came home.
2He ..... a book when I saw him.
3My friend ..... when I called her to talk.
4Choose the correct form of the verb: She ..... a book when I entered the room.
5They ..... TV when I returned home
6My sisters ..... books when I knocked the door.
7The kids ..... while their mom was cooking.
8Why ..... he having lunch at 4pm?
9Create a sentence in past progressive using 'she' and 'write'.
10The workers ..... the wires yesterday.
11Convert the following sentence to past continuous: 'He plays the guitar.'
12Jonathan (read) ..... a book when I came.
13His mother ..... two sandwiches for him.
14Mrs. Martinez was reading a mystery novel at 8 p.m. ......
15Read the sentence:'She were trying to fix the computer, but it wasn't work.' Which revision corrects the errors?
16Choose the correct tense: At 8 p.m. yesterday, we .....
17What ..... you ..... at 9 p.m. last night?
18The police ..... my sister on the motorway because she ..... a seat belt.
19Sonia ..... home when the blizzard started.
20Frida ..... (sleep) yesterday at 8pm.
21Which sentence is in the past continuous? A) I was watching TV. B) I watch TV. C) I watched TV. D) I will watch TV.
22The dog next door ..... (bark) last night when we were trying to sleep.
23The kids ..... (not do) homework when their mom ..... (come) home.
24Yesterday, my brother ..... some photos in a wedding. He had a great time!
25While John was reading, his sister ..... the piano.
26While Thomas was playing the guitar, his sister ......
27(He was travelling to Venice)IS THE SENTENCE CORRECT?
28Answer the question using the PAST PROGRESSIVE tense:They ..... (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock
29What time expression can be used with past progressive:'last week' or 'at that moment'?
30John and his friends ..... game all night yesterday. That's why he's very sleepy.
31A: Why didn't you just use your cell phone to call someone?B: I ..... my cell phone. I just forgot it.
32They must have woken up early. They ..... breakfast when I came downstairs.
33Sam and Jess ..... TV when they felt the earthquake.
34We saw Nga while we ..... for the bus.
35When I came to her house, She was making the bed in her room
36Three years ago, we were living in my home town.
37She ..... to music when it started to rain.
38The teacher/ explain/ lesson/ while/ students/ listen/ him/ seriously.
39My parents ..... (work) all the night.
40Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to the following question. While Isaac Newton ..... under an apple tree, an apple fell on his head, leading to a series of thoughts about gravity.
41While she was talking on the phone, her baby .....
42The baby ..... while the mother ..... a video.
43Which verb tense is formed by adding the helping verb "to be" and the suffix "-ing"?
44They ..... a movie when the power went out.
45I ..... when my friend called
46What is the past progressive tense of the verb to run if the subject is singular?
47[43/80] Where we ..... down the hill, strange object ..... in the sky
48Which of the following is a correct negative sentence in past progressive?
49James ..... around for Uncle Romie.
50I got up late, so I ..... my email before I went to school.
51Who ..... to when I came?
52While I ..... (travel) to work, my phone suddenly ..... (ring).
53Your friend wrote this note:'The kids running around the park.' What is the best way to fix this sentence fragment using the past continuous tense?
54Translate: Ela ficou assistindo TV.
55We ..... photos while we were visiting the museum.
56What is the negative form of the past progressive tense?
57All the children ..... when their father ..... the front door.
58During my last holiday the weather was awful. It ..... all the time.
59I ..... (talk) with some friends the other day when a meteor fell from the sky. Weird, right?
60Delilah was baking cookies in the kitchen.
61They ..... a model aeroplane this morning.