Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 89

1While I ..... TV, mother ..... and my sister ..... the table.
2Name the tense:Weren't they watering the plants?
3Complete the sentence with the Past Simple and Continuous:"We ..... (play) videogames when my mum ..... (tell) us to go to the kitchen"
4At 8 p.m. yesterday, I ..... (watch) TV.
5Write complete sentences using past continuous: John/ sing/ while/ his friends/ dance/ at/ party.
6Correct verb forms: When Hurricane Katrina hit, people ..... for help, neighborhoods .....
7While they were playing, it started to rain. What tense is this?
8In the following past continuous sentence. Is auxiliary verb correct? "Tamara and Rita were dancing in the club"
9Which tense is used to talk about actions that were happening continuously in the past?
10Veronica ..... her cookbook while her children ..... in the garden.
11I ..... a book when he came in. He sat down and we talked a little.
12Transform 'We are going to the park' to the past continuous.
13Were you writing the report when the electricity went off?
14My brother and my sister ..... (argue) when I (walk) ..... into the room.
15What ..... at 10 o' clock yesterday evening?
16Someone knocked the door when we ..... our math.
17Complete the sentence with the correct option.They ..... their homework yesterday because they played all day long. (-)
18The lions at the zoo ..... sleeping in the sun.
19Why / the cars / run / late (Past Continuous)
20Choose the correct tense for the following sentence:They were watching the World Cup on TV.
21The phone rang while I (have) ..... breakfast.
22She ..... her mother in the kitchen yesterday morning.
23We ..... in the garden when we suddenly heard a loud noise
24David ..... cleaning up his room when his mother came back from the supermarket.
25They ..... food for the party at this time last Friday.
26When I woke up this morning, it was raining and my parents ..... in the kitchen.
27A: What happened when you entered the office?B: Everyone ..... around the table.
28Johnny ..... the paper when I ..... him.
29Resuelve el siguiente ejercicio gramatical ..... Alan ..... behind the car when he ..... his leg?
30My siblings ..... a movie while I was cooking.
31Mary left work very late. She ..... letters all day.
32I ..... (watch) the TV when my mother ..... (turn) it off.
33A: ..... you talking on the phone a few minutes ago? B: No, I .....
34Tom couldn't answer the phone because he .....
35She (drop) her phone while she (text) her friend.
36She ..... a letter when I entered the room.
37It began to rain while John and Carol ..... in the park.
38The students couldn't enter the room because it ..... at that time.
39The villagers ..... a meeting at 7 o'clock last night.
40Choose the correct variant: What ..... you doing when your teacher came into the room?
41Complete the sentence:At 7 p.m. last night, my parents and I ..... dinner.
42Fill in the blank: "They ..... watching TV when I arrived."a. was
43Yesterday morning I ..... while Samantha .....
44While he was writing an e-mail, the phone rang.
45Amy was sitting on the biggest chair in the room.
46Fill in the blank: They ..... (play) football when it started raining.
47The driver is a suspect in a burglary, and she ..... town.
48Everyone was having fun.
49I ..... dinner at 8 pm yesterday.
50The man ..... the stairs when he fell.
51The children ..... outside when it got dark.
52Complete the sentence in the past continuous tense of the verb"They ..... their homework when parents came home"
53The last time I checked, he ..... for a new job.
54What ..... Andy and Helen ..... when you broke the glass?
55Select the appropriate verb tense for the sentence: The sun ..... when I woke up. (shine)
56Write the correct form of the verbs!I ..... (study) History when my friends ..... (come) around.
57His father ..... (call) him when he ..... (kick) the ball through window.
58He was working on a project when I arrived yesterday.
59My mother ..... cooking when I arrived home.
60READ AND CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION: 1-We ..... having dinner when the phone rang.
61He was ..... with me about you at 10 am yesterday