Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 77

1The college students ..... in the auditorium when a group of participants from other universities came to join the meeting
2My cousin and I ..... on the computer when there ..... a power cut.
3Bob ..... in class yesterday at ten o'clock.
4I ..... (was reading/readingl/reads) a book when my mom called me
5Use past progressive correctly: I (to watch) TV when she called.
6What ..... you doing when the teacher suddenly entered the classroom?
7The villagers ..... to town when the sky turned grey.
8Choose the correct tense for the context: "While I ..... (do) my homework, my brother was playing video games."
9Robert suddenly began to feel ill while he ..... the examination.
10The past progressive tense is made of:
11I ..... coffee at this time yesterday
12I ..... when she called me.
13While we ....., we saw Manu in the Library
14I ..... as a waiter in a cafe when I first met Frances
15I ..... the report while she was checking the samples.
16Longer actions in the past
17Exercise 8: Choose the correct options to complete the sentences. Sarah ..... a book while her brother was doing his homework.
18Complete the sentence with present or past Continuous tense.I ..... a movie when the lights went out.
19I ..... TV while my dog was sleeping.
20Mother ..... the clothes while I was sweeping.
21My friend ..... when he dropped his plate of noodles on the ground.
22Sally ..... last night when somebody broke into her flat.
23While the CEO ..... the keynote speech, the staff were organizing the Q&A session.
24What ..... yestarday at 7 p.m.?
25While it ..... outside, I ..... in the farmer's house.
26While I did the language course, I met lots of young people from all over the world.
27While the woman ..... alone by the fire, she heard a loud noise outside.
28I ..... too fast when I had the accident.
29I ..... playing in my football practice.
30When I called her, she ..... a shower.
31I was shopping for snacks last night.
32Mary ..... a movie when she heard a strange noise.
33Yesterday at 5 p.m., she ..... watching TV.
34I ..... (work) in the garden, when my dad came home.
35Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence.Julie and Lisa ..... because their team lost the championship.
36The dolphins ..... so close yesterday we could touch them. (swim)
37In the following past continuous sentence. Is auxiliary verb correct? "Karmen and Marcia was playing yesterday"
38I ..... (live) in Cape Town when Michelle Obama visited.
39Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. An old lady came to us and asked for help while we ..... at the bus stop.
40She ..... (watch) TV when her mom called her for dinner.
41My mother ..... dinner when I arrived yesterday.
42Identify the verb tense: We were walking in the park.
43Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.Paul noticed a job advertisement while he ..... along the street.
44They ..... soccer when it began to snow.
45Identify the verb tense in the sentence: Dinora was studying for her exam.
46Could you tell me, sir, what ..... you in the park at three in the morning?
47Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in past continuous tense:He ..... (play) football.
48While Jalil was laughing, milk came out of his nose.
49She ..... her homework while her brother was playing.
50They ..... running on the playground on Thursday.
51She ..... at the sign.
52When Linda called last night, I ..... my favourite show on TV.
53..... they still ..... when the sun rose?
54We ..... through the woods when we spotted a tiger.
55Mrs Miller ..... (work) in the garden when suddenly a UFO ..... (land)
56Sona ..... (ask) for help for two hours yesterday.
57Choose the correct variant: We talked to him while we ..... dinner.
58Complete the sentences with the verbs in PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS4.We ..... (play) a board game when the phone rang.
59He ..... in the library when I saw him yesterday.
60I saw a car crash into a tree when I ..... to school.
61She ..... her lessons from seven to nine last night.