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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 90

1For past progressive, use ..... or ..... and the-ing form of the verb.
2While it ..... heavily outside, I ..... in my car.
3Yesterday my friend ..... (screaming) obscenities during the conference, so we couldn't hear anything.
4Complete the sentence:My friends ..... for the school bus when I saw them this morning.
5We ..... to school when it started raining heavily.
6When Rose arrived home after a day at work, .....
7He ..... waiting.
8They (play) football when it (start) raining.
9"What was your sister doing when you arrived home last night?""She ..... in the kitchen."
10When I ..... up yesterday morning, the sun .....
11Convert to past continuous: 'I read a book yesterday.'
12I ..... listening to the radio while my sister was watching TV.
13While we ..... (train) at the gym, it started raining.
14They ..... dinner when I arrived.
15PAST SIMPLE/PAST CONTINUOUS. Fill in the blanks with a suitable tense:'The fire (still burn) ..... when the first firefighters (arrive) ..... at the scene.'
16Convert to past tense: They are playing soccer.
17I ..... while the teacher .....
18While the soup was boiling, my brother ..... sweets in the other room.
19He came into the room while they ..... television
20My mum ..... from 9 to 10 yesterday evening.
21We ..... to school when we saw our friends.
22She ..... on the phone while I was studying.
23We ..... sleeping when the police came.
24They (walk) ..... in the park when they (meet) ..... their old friends.
25What does the past continuous tense indicate about the time an action occurred?
26While Pim ..... to music, her friend slept.
27Exercise 8: Choose the correct options to complete the sentences. Our team ..... hard all week because we had an important match.
28We were asked not to disturb the baby because he ......
29What ..... you do when I phoned?
30Jairo ..... sending emails until his computer crash.
31Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb: They ..... (sleep) when the alarm went off.
32Complete the sentence. I ..... television when he arrived.
33They (were discussing/have been discussing) the new marketing strategy when I arrived.
34Identify the tense of the following verb.WAS WALKING
35I was cleaning the house while my parents ..... the dinner.
36"She ..... answering questions when the call dropped." (Past Continuous)
37Choose the correct answer ..... when I heard the birds singing.
38Helen:Does the castle have an interesting history?
39'Did you find Tom?' 'Yes. He ..... in his study when I found him.'
40They ..... their bags when the train arrived. (Past Continuous Tense)
41They ..... buying fruits an hour ago.
42My friend's brothers ..... for a loan but then she inherited some money.
43Complete the sentences:Cindy ..... (break) her leg while she ..... (snowboard).
44True or False:The sentence 'She was listen to music' is a grammatically correct past continuous sentence.
45The dog ..... when I slept.
46While driving home, you spotted Abigail and asked, .....?
47I ..... football when the phone rang.
48Identify past continuous tense:
49Grammar-Past simple and past continuous. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence: She didn't check her phone while she was eating / ate breakfast.
50They ..... for the bus when it started to snow.
51Which time expression fits best with past progressive:'every day' or 'at that time'?
52I got a text message while I ..... for the bus.
53While I ..... to school, I saw an accident.
54Many of the survivors ..... in the fields when the earthquake struck.
55Can you provide a sentence using the past continuous tense?
56The robber ..... (try) to break into our house when I ..... (see) him.
57She ..... dinner at 9 p.m yesterday.
58We ..... a meeting when the announcement was made.
59We ..... in the garden when the guests arrived.
60I ..... when the phone suddenly rang.
61Choose the right variant: My boyfriend ..... breakfast when I called him.