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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 8

1Last week, I ..... with my brother.
2I ..... along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me. A. was walking B. am walking C. walk D. walked
3Write the right form of the verb.* Mery ..... (dance) when her friend spoke her".
4Everyone ..... when the earthquake ..... the small town
5At this time last year, they ..... this house
6Select past continuous or past perfect continuous for the sentence below."It was so noisy next door last night. Our neighbours ..... (have)."
7Mother ..... dinner at five o'clock yesterday.
8It ..... raining when I reached home.
9At 9 a.m. yesterday, they ..... (work) in the office.
10It ..... cats and dogs at 10 o'clock this morning.
11He ..... playing video games when I called. (be)
12We ..... soccer at 5 PM yesterday.
13Choose the correct past continuous form of the sentence: "She (to read) a book when I called her."
14They ..... TV when the phone rang.
15While Tom (play) ..... the piano, his mother (do) ..... the washing-up.
16What were you doing at 10 PM last night?
17At six o'clock yesterday evening, my mom ..... her favorite TV program.
18I was waiting for you at 10 am this morning.What tense is this?
19In the following past continuous sentence. Is auxiliary verb correct? "You was going to the swimming pool"
20Fill in the blank: "I ..... (wait) for you when you called."
21She came while i ....., so i could not hear her knocking at my door. Which of these following phrases is appropriate to fill the blank?
22What was she doing yesterday evening?
23She told us her life story while we ..... her tidy the house.
24Choose the best optionWe ..... and suddenly the music stopped
25My friends ..... a great time at the party.
26I ..... to music at 9 p.m. yesterday.
27Choose the best option.She ..... the soup in the kitchen when the telephone rang.
28We ..... studying when the lights went off.
29She said she ..... studying for her exams when the phone rang.
30She ..... the living room when she heard a strange noise in the kitchen.
31While I ..... tennis my boyfriend was playing football.
32It ..... cats and dogs while I ..... in the street.
33They ..... studying when I called them.
34The children ..... TV when their mother came home.
35You ..... for the test while I ..... in the park.
36At 10 o'clock last night we .....
37Yesterday midnight, I ..... noodle when the dog barked loudly.
38I was watching a film last night
39The food was being cooked by my mother when I arrived.
40What ..... when I ..... you last night?
41I ..... my lunch at this time yesterday.
42My sister and I ..... always fighting when we ..... younger.
43Which verb correctly completes the sentence below? We ..... the holy rosary all morning.
44They ..... (to watch) a movie when the power went out.
45When I came, he ..... TV.
46Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'He was sleeping when the alarm rang.'
47While I ..... A Tale of Two Cities for Charles Dickens, the light went out.
48I saw that the policemen ..... the thieves
49Past Progressive TenseShe ..... in her bedroom.
50I ..... (have) dinner last night at 8 p.m last night
51We ..... cards when she arrived.
52Differentiate the tenses: How do you use 'I was eating' differently from 'I ate'?
53We ..... the movie when my friend arrived.
54Choose the best answer.1. As she ..... a letter last night, the lights suddenly ..... out.
55Katherine (wait) for me when I (arrive).
56What is the correct form of the verb in this sentence:'When I called, they ..... dinner.'
57..... you doing your homework when your brother hit you?
58I ..... a game show on TV at 9 o'clock last night.
59At 8 PM yesterday, we ..... a Zoom meeting, and it lasted for over an hour
60He ..... when the lights went out.
61The bird flew in as he ..... the windows.