Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 9

1I ..... sleeping at ten o'clock yesterday
2The police saw him while .....
3The engineers were troubleshooting the system when a sudden power surge shut down the entire network.
4Kim ..... a book when the phone rang.
5While he ..... the guitar, his sister was singing.
6What (you, do) ..... when the accident occured?
7When I came, they (listen) ..... to music.
8He ..... for the bus at this time yesterday.
9Convert the sentence to past tense: 'I am learning Spanish.'
10She ..... a movie in the theatre. Fill in the blank with Past Continuous Tense.
11While he ..... the house, we ......
12While ..... I .....
13We ..... breakfast when a letter came through the letter box.
14I saw an accident when I ..... down the street.
15Which progressive verb tense best completes the sentence?Susan ..... popcorn, soda, a hotdog, and chips for the game she watched last night.
16We ..... a wonderful dinner when the lights went out.
17I waved to her but she ..... (look).
18I ..... dinner in the kitchen when my friend suddenly called me.
19Nam and Lan (read) ..... books at 8 p.m yesterday.
20He ..... a beautiful car when I saw him on the motorway.
21As we ..... down the hill, a strange object appeared in the sky.
22I still did my homework at 10:30 pm last night.
23I ..... while he ..... me a message.
24Differentiate between tenses: 'I was reading' vs 'I read'.
25When I called, he ..... a shower.
26While I ..... at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction. A. was waiting B. waited C. had waited D. were waiting
27When I ..... (walk) in the park yesterday, I ..... (see) a beautiful little kitten under the bench.
28They ..... TV while I was washing the dishes.
29What is the negative form of 'to play' in the past continuous tense?
30Were you ..... at 10 o'clock? (PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE)
31] While my mother ..... in the kitchen, I ..... in the living room.
32Select the correct past progressive verb tense of "make" to complete the sentence.You ..... lunch when the phone rang.
33While Tom and I ....., someone ..... at the door.
34Mark and Ruth ..... (dance) when I ..... (come) in.
35The structure of the sentence in past continuous affirmative form is
36Fill in the correct verb tense that will make this sentence true:The boys broke a window when they ..... football.
37I was studying English
38I found this wallet on the street while I ..... to school.
39Peter, John and Rebecca ..... (wait) for the school bus at 7 o'clock yesterday morning.
40John ..... his homework yesterday at 11.
41Complete the sentence:You and your friends ..... really loud during the movie last night.
42While I ..... to music, the power went out.
43My friends ..... about their wives when they ..... together.
44The past continuous tense is used to describe which situation?
45Choose the correct sentence in the past progressive tense:a) I am studying for the exam.b) She will be cooking dinner tonight.c) They were watching a movie last night.d) He has been working on the project all day.
46I remember the day you got engaged. I ..... a shower when you phoned. (have)
47Which is the correct Past Continuous question?
48Determine if the sentence is past, present or future tense.Zoe was painting a colorful picture of her garden.
49While my teacher was driving his car, he ..... a cute cat on a tree.
50Convert the sentence 'I have been waiting for you' to past continuous tense.
51Lucy ..... on the beach at six o'clock yesterday.
52..... We not ..... on the highway when your bike passed?
53Yesterday at 6 o'clock I ..... a letter to the love of my life.
54What does the past continuous express?
55He ..... in the cafe when she came.
56The boys ..... (play) football in the rain.
57What ..... you ..... at 9:00 last night?
58Jane ..... (sleep) when the telephone ..... (ring).
59Convert the verb phrase "were meeting" from the sentence "Charlie and Rory were meeting Lilly at the cafe" to past progressive tense.
60I ..... (take) a bath when the phone rang this morning.
61I heard it on the radio while I ..... dinner with my family.