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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 88

1Identify the correct past continuous tense form for the verb "to write" in the sentence: "While she was studying, she ..... (write) a research paper."
2Yusoff ..... his dinner when the door bell rang.
3Lisa ..... a book when I arrived home.
4"It ..... when we went outside."
5The program director was absent from the meeting yesterday because she ..... a seminar in another room.
6When my mother cooked for dinner, my father was taking a bath. This sentence is an example of .....
7I ..... when my sister called me last night.
8Identify the tense of the verb in the sentence: "He was studying all night for the exam."
9While she ..... dinner, the baby cried.
10Hary ..... 6,000 miles along the Amazon.
11I ..... a bath, when my dog walked in and started barking.
12Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 10: My students ..... happily when the lights went out. A. were talking B. are talking C. talk D. talked
13In 2010, we ..... (live) in a small flat in London.
14They ..... dinner when I ..... to their home.
15I ..... a book when I heard the noise from the garden.
16Were you ..... dinner when I called you?
17He ..... a picture when she .....
18She ..... the dishes while I was having a nap.
19What is the mistake in this sentence? The speech was being delivered by the politician, while the crowd was cheering.
20What was she ..... while her mother ..... lunch?
21Correct the verb: When I met her at the airport, Muna (wear) a long blue dress.
22Tim complained that he ..... at four o'clock in the morning.
23When I came to the party, Sally and Tom .....
24Identify the verb tense of the following sentence: The children were enjoying the zoo trip.
25While Tom ..... tennis, Ann ..... a shower.
26James was on his hands and knees on the floor. He ..... for his contact lens.
27What did you say? I ..... to you.
28He ..... TV at 7 o'clock yesterday evening.
29Complete the sentence:When I met John, he ..... difficult times.
30The policeman was knocking on the car window.
31Mother happily agreed to teach me. I ..... peeling the apples and I accidentally cut my finger
32Convert to past: He is cooking dinner.
33Yesterday at 8:30 a.m. our English teacher ..... English grammar to us.
34Identify the use of the imperfect:Los libros estaban en su taquilla.
35Miss Li ..... her assignment while her mum ..... TV last night.
36While she ..... the car, she listened to the radio.
37While I ..... (cook), my brother was playing games.
38He ..... horrible to everyone. (be)
39He ..... a sandwich when I saw him.
40The students ..... very loudly when the teacher came.
41Convert the sentence to past tense: 'She is playing chess.'
42Yesterday at 8 p.m., Emir ..... a film with his family.
43He ..... laundry when his father came home.
44Lisa ..... with friends online at 7.30 yesterday evening.
45Complete the following sentences with past continuous:I [was] not ..... of changing the job. (not think)
46This morning while I ..... past the supermarket I ..... something strange hanging from the roof.
47WHAT WERE YOU DOING LAST NIGHT AT 22.00?
48While Peter ..... the rose bush in the back yard, the phone rang. A. had been watering B. watering C. watered D. was watering
49..... on social media while you were shopping online?
50I ..... a book when I heard a loud noise.
51I saw a fish while I ..... in the ocean yesterday.
52Mr. Hutchinson ..... home when the rain began
53What ..... (be) you ..... (do) in the mall yesterday?
54Sufian was ..... by the roadside when the accident happened yesterday.
55A temporary action taking place at a given moment in the past.
56Susan was buying snacks for the game.
57Error Correction Choose correct tense form) Past Continuous The boys was playing cricket for two hours yesterday.
58Sasha ..... TV when her phone rang.
59At 10 p.m. last night, I ..... my report for the sociology class.
60Which of the following is the correct version of the sentence: I felt very excited while we listened to the concert?
61Kathy was doing her homework.Tom and Leila were watching TV.I wasn't doing anything.