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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 74

1What ..... you ..... when I called yesterday?
2Which tense is used for background information and to describe a scene or situation?
3The teachers ..... around the table when I ..... the teacher's room.
4We were standing in line when the fire alarm went off.
5Change 'We are watching a movie' to the past continuous tense.
6What auxiliary verb is used in the past progressive tense?
7Mary ..... (play) tennis while Mark ..... (read) a book.
8While I ..... the plants, Jack was cleaning the windows.
9At this time last week, I ..... on the farm with my father
10He ..... the glass while he ..... the washing up.
11Tim ..... chess with his uncle happily when I saw him in the garden.
12I ..... at the bus stop when Dave came by in his car and gave me a lift.
13Choose the correct verb that will complete the sentence.We ..... my parents' wedding anniversary when the news of the accident came.
14Complete the sentence: I ..... (make) my dinner at 8 o'clock last night.
15Select the correct verb tense for the sentence:I ..... for the science test yesterday when I realized I forgot my book at school.
16Linda took great photos of butterflies while she ..... in the forest.
17I ..... (to eat) dinner when the phone rang.
18Choose the most suitable answer of the PAST TENSEWhen the phone ....., my mother was cooking a dinner.
19Convert to past progressive:I read a book.
20His phone was ringing when she called him for dinner.
21Chandran was playing football from 5 pm to 6pm yesterday.
22Sara didn't hear the phone. She .....
23Past Tense = Subject + was/were + V-ing.
24At 9 p.m. last night, I ..... a movie when the phone suddenly rang.
25Identify the tense of the verb in this sentence: The baby was crying all night.
26I ..... (sleep) when I heard a loud noise.
27What ..... you ..... (look) for in my bedroom?
28The child ..... computer games when I came.
29Fisher man ..... near the pond.
30Yesterday, I ..... dinner with my old friends.
31Complete the sentence:At 8 p.m. last night, I ..... a good book in my room.
32Which of the following is an example of past progressive tense?
33You ..... while I .....
34I ..... Science last night
35Yesterday at midnight, my sister and I ..... an instant noodle.
36No, sorry to say that. But Mary ..... during class.
37Select the correct form: "When I was at school, people ..... much about climate change."
38I'm so terrible at managing my time. A client booked a meeting with me for Saturday, which ended up causing problems with my schedule.
39I ..... the newspaper when I saw the announcement.
40He (work) in the garden all day yesterday.
41True or False:The sentence 'She were reading a book' uses the past continuous tense correctly.
42An old woman ..... when she heard a noise.
43When I (get) ..... up yesterday, the sun (shine) ......
44"Hello? Alice? This is Jeff. How are you?""Jeff? What a coincidence! I ..... about you when the phone rang."
45Choose the sentence that correctly uses cook in the past progressive tense.
46My father ..... the car while our dog ..... all over him. It was very funny!
47Which of the following sentences is in the past progressive tense? A) I walked to the store. B) I was walking to the store. C) I will walk to the store.
48Complete: 'We ..... in the park when it started raining.'
49While the children ..... (sleep), their parents ..... (watch) TV.
50I ..... dinner yesterday at 9:00
51My friend and I ..... (sleep) in our tent when the fire ..... (break) out.
52CORRECT THE MISTAKE: While I watched TV, the phone was ringing.
53..... when you phoned them?
54Complete the sentence with an appropriate verb form. At nine o'clock yesterday morning we ..... for the bus.
55Choose the correct verb that will complete the sentence.Architect Rosales ..... the exhibit when we visited him.
56Bill ..... when his teacher ..... a question.
57It ..... last night, so I ..... my umbrella.
58The bird ..... flying to my house yesterday
59The old lady, with her small dogs, ..... along the beach.
60Those kittens .....,when I came back from work.
61Peter ..... a meeting when I ..... him.