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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 72

1I ..... when you messaged.
2At 5 pm last Monday, We ..... (play) beach games.
3While the nurse ..... the injection, the patient fainted.
4I ..... to the radio when my friend ..... me.
5Emily ..... her bike when the accident.
6When Hamad listened to music, Ahmed .....
7Yesterday at 7 a.m., I ..... to school with my friends.
8Convert to past continuous: 'They are playing outside.'
9My mom ..... (decorate) our new flat. (Past continuous)
10While Meena ..... an English book. I reached home.
11Write the correct past progressive tense of the verb in () to complete each sentence. Ian ..... a model for class. (make)
12Which helping verb correctly completes the sentence? He ..... studying for his exams when I arrived.
13She came into the room while they ..... television.
14Identify the active example of Past continuous tense
15While the team was brainstorming ideas, a sudden power outage interrupted their session.
16He ..... for an hour when it started to rain.
17Use the past continuous to complete the sentence.I ..... the newspaper.
18Which sentence indicates an ongoing action for a period of time in the past?
19Select the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: "They ..... (to eat) dinner when the phone rang."
20Was, were, been + present participle of main verb.
21Formulate a sentence in the past continuous: (to read)
22While the doctor ..... Mr. Jones, his son ..... outside this morning.a. was examining / was waiting b. will be examining are waitingc. had been examining / was waiting d. are examining / is going to wait
23In the sentence 'She was singing while I was cooking dinner', which tense is used for 'She was singing'?
24True or False:To form the past continuous tense, you use the verb 'be' in the past (was/were) and add '-ing' to the main verb.
25Finish the sentence: The sun ..... and people were dancing at the festival.
26What ..... when the teacher entered the classroom?
27The pattern for positive Past Continuous Tense is .....
28He ..... a song while taking a walk.
29Exercise 1: While Isaac Newton ..... under an apple tree, an apple fell on his head, leading to a series of thoughts about gravity.
30While she (read) a book, suddenly the spider (appear).
31When I ..... book, my mother came in.
32My dog ..... all his food.
33The teachers ..... the book when the light went out.
34I ..... when the telephone rung
35Yesterday I ..... about you all the time.
36Mei Ling and her sister ..... (swim) in the pool when it started to rain.
37What ..... at 9 o'clock yesterday morning?
38Choose the correct tense: "I ..... dinner when you called."
39We ..... (travel) on the ferry, when we saw a school of dolphins.
40What ..... the author ..... at 9 pm last night?
41Which sentence correctly follows the formula for Past Continuous?
42Choose the right variant: When I called him, he ..... dinner.
43Why weren't you watching the film last night?
44Identify the past progressive in the context:'While he was studying, his friends were playing outside.'
45Who ..... when I came?A. were you talking to B. are you talking toC. you were talking to D. you are talking to
46Yesterday morning I ..... up at 6.30.
47Who ..... behind the door when you opened it?
48She (cook) ..... when I (come)
49We ..... tea when our grandparents came.
50We ..... a good movie when Dad called.
51We met when we ..... in France.
52We ..... a meeting while the teacher was explaining.
53Reda ..... lunch when the phone rang.
54What is the correct Past Continuous: We ..... when it started raining.
55Choose the right form of the Past Continouos Tense:I saw Altynbek at the airport. He ..... for his brother's plane to arrive from Astana.
56It was raining when we were having dinner.
57Betsy: I was looking for Tom and couldn't find him. Do you know where he was?Brian: Tom ..... (attend) a meeting.
58Complete the sentence to form a negative statement:I missed the call because my phone ..... working properly.
59While I ..... down the stairs, I ..... the phone ring.
60Beth ..... at 10 am when I called her.
61Which of the following sentence is correct?A. We were playing basketball last Sunday.B. I was doing homework at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.C. The teacher were talking when the bee flies into the classroom.