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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 81

1We ..... at the restaurant when you called.
2I was learning for the exams while my sister .....
3While I ....., I ..... a strange noise.
4Why she ..... through the country, she visited many interesting places.
5True or False: The sentence 'The chef was chopping vegetables for the soup' correctly uses a progressive tense to describe an ongoing action in the past.
6The car ..... by my husband at this time yesterday.
7Select the sentence with past progressive tense:A) We danced at the party. B) We were dancing at the party.
8David (work) on his computer when you called him last night.
9While we ..... our warm-up, the coach arrived.
10What tense is the verb: was riding
11Convert to past progressive:I cook dinner.
12Select the correct grammar aspect (past or present continuos).My sister ..... her dad last month and her mother last week. She is working very hard these days.
13He was listening to music while his sister ..... a book.
14Write in simple past continuous tense-he is playing outside with his friends
15When I ..... (see) the newcomer, he ..... (stand) outside the classroom.
16She ..... the guitar when I entered the room.
17What is the correct form of the verb in the sentence: "They ..... (wait) for the bus when the accident happened"?
18I didn't know who they ..... about.
19While I ..... into the living room, my grandpa drank hot coffee.
20Fill in the blank: 'He (to watch) TV when I called him.'
21She ..... English when the teacher arrived.
22How do you express an action that was ongoing in the past?
23You ..... all day yesterday.
24The sun ..... brightly as Steve was walking to work.
25My mom ..... in the sea when she saw a dolphin.
26I ..... last night at 8 p.m.
27He ..... when I called him.
28The reports ..... [deliver] on time this quarter.
29While he ..... for the path, he fell into a river and broke his leg.
30Create a question using the past progressive tense.
31Tina ..... (dance) when she ..... (fall) and ..... (hurt) her leg.
32I ..... for my things when I ....., as someone called my name.
33Sue ..... from a severe bout of flu at the time.
34The accident happened when we ..... to work.
35I ..... to the market when it started to rain.
36We (drive) home from school when the accident happened.
37I ..... using my phone when the teacher entered.
38All of the students were ..... in their seats as they practiced their spelling.
39The cat ..... (jump) over me while I ..... (eat) ice cream two weeks ago here.
40She ..... TV while I was cooking.
41When Adil ..... his homework, his mother asked him to accompany her to the shop.
42Complete the sentence by selecting the most logical verb phrase: Yesterday, my friends and I ..... for the math test all evening.
43Verb TensesWhat were you discussing when I entered the room?
44He ..... something very valuable in his hand: tickets for a long, long journey.
45When mother came home I ..... doing my homework.
46The doctor was speaking to the nurse about me.
47My father ..... at 4 yesterday.
48You (listen) ..... to music at 6 p.m yesterday?
49While the boys ..... football, their father called them.
50Mary and Paul ..... (play) vidio games.
51Aisyah and Sara ..... (help) clean the musalla.
52While she ..... (studies/was studying/studied), the lights went off
53..... I ..... dinner with you at 6 pm yesterday?
54While I ..... (read) a book, my brother ..... (watch) TV.
55Complete the sentence using the PAST CONTINUOUS tense.The manager ..... the documents.
56How would you correctly rewrite the main idea of 'I not was paying attention' as a full sentence?
57It ..... raining when we left the house.
58The building was being demolished .....
59Choose the correct verb tense for the following sentence:Jade ..... her hair when I called this afternoon.
60We ..... playing chess when the teacher came.
61The children ..... (play) tennis when their grandmother called them for lunch.