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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 79

1While I was doing homework, the phone rang. What tense is the verb "was doing" ?
2Were they planning to surprise her?
3Choose the right option to complete the sentences."In El Salvador, the government ..... robbing the national budget before the new government took office."
4Choose which verb tense (simple past or past continuous) fits better.I ..... -I didn't hear you come in.
5While I ..... in the street, I saw my old friend.
6While we ..... for the game to begin, it started to rain.
7She got very sick while she (travel) oversea.
8Write a sentence in the past progressive tense about a cat sleeping.
9We ..... slowly towards the beach when we suddenly a beautiful rainbow over the sea.
10While I ..... in the bedroom, my sister was doing homework.
11Hello, Kareem. I thought you ..... at the London office this week.
12While he was watching TV, his brother .....
13While the software ..... installing, the computer suddenly restarted.
14My team ..... when the chairman came last night.
15Differentiate between the past simple and past continuous: She walked home vs. She was walking home.
16I saw a car accident when I ..... home.
17Identify the tensewas opening
18Ducebant
19While the employees ..... the new software, the IT team explained the process.
20I ..... my homework when you called.
21Jonathan was reading a book when the phone .....
22The doorbell rang while I (cook).
23What ..... in Paris in 2004?
24Change the verb in this sentence to past continuous: 'They play soccer.'
25While I ..... the report, the phone rang.
26Which sentence correctly uses the past progressive? A) I was sleeping. B) I sleep. C) I slept.
27We ..... to the market when we met him.
28Correct the given sentence:I shaved my beard when the telephone bell rang. (shave)
29Choose the correct Past Progressive verb to complete the sentence: While the fans ....., the players were warming up.
30It ..... when we ..... out.
31They ..... a movie when I called them.
32Tisha ..... when she fell and hurt her leg.
33Ramu ..... when he suddenly saw a grass snake.
34I ..... (work) all day, so I ..... (not want) to go out.
35When Ginny ..... (see) me yesterday, I ..... (cross) the street.
36THEY ..... WATCHING MOVIE AT 7 P.M. YESTERDAY
37Convert to past: The children are laughing.
38We ..... home when a hurricane hit the town two days ago. What a terrible experience!
39As I ..... across the road, the cyclist zoomed past me.
40Fill in the correct form: We ..... when the music stopped.
41Sorry, I ..... (be) in another room when you ..... (call). I didn't hear the phone ..... (ring) until it ..... (be) too late.
42Choose the correct verb tense: They ..... soccer when it started raining.
43As I ..... to work last Friday, all of sudden a stopped in front of me.
44My mother took a photo when I .....
45Transform 'We go to the park' into past progressive.
46Which sentence shows a long-term situation in the past that is no longer true?
47Yesterday at 6 o'clock, we ..... the dinner
48"What ..... you ..... at 6 p.m. yesterday?" "I ..... my homework. After I ..... it I played chess with my friend."
49What did we learn today?
50Questions and auxiliary verbs: The police officer stopped us and asked us where ......
51On September 9 we ..... to England.
52He ..... when the ball ..... him.
53While I ..... dinner, he called me.
54I ..... attention when I hit another car.
55I ..... a shower when you called.
56Were you riding your motorbike to the school every morning?
57She ..... arguing with her parents yesterday.
58Create a sentence in the past progressive tense about your weekend.
59While she was writing her report, the phone rang.
60At seven o'clock yesterday evening, they .....
61The children ..... building a sandcastle on the beach when they heard someone screaming for help.