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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 93

1Matt phoned while we (have/dinner).
2Complete the sentence: While I ..... (to cook), he ..... (to set) the table.
3The phone rang when I ..... a bath.
4While I ....., I ..... and fell.
5While you were wasting time, I ..... to find help.
6When I got home, my parents ..... on the sofa.
7Sorry, I didn't answer your call last night. I ..... when you call me.
8Meenal was going to shopping
9You ..... the vocabulary when they .....
10I ..... my homework when my best friend ..... me on the phone.
11The old blind woman ..... to cross the road when a boy ..... her help.
12While we ..... watching the match, it started to rain.
13I was sitting on the bench, the weather was great and the birds .....
14While he ..... a shower, his dogs ..... ate was eating his steaks.
15"She was studying when I arrived." is an example of:
16What ..... when I interrupted you?
17I ..... in Osaka at this time last year.
18She ..... TV when her mother entered the room.
19A small animal ran across the path in front of me as I ..... through the woods.
20The combination of the past continuous tense and 'while' suggests:
21One of the ladies ..... television when the accident happened.
22They ..... football while we were watching TV.
23More than two hundred people ..... the tower when the bomb ..... in one of the dustbins.
24What was he doing at the studio at 3 o'clock this afternoon?
25She hurt her leg while she ..... down the stairs.
26Transform the sentence: They are watching a movie (present continuous) to past continuous.
27Leandra was playing with her dolls with Ler Hui.
28I ..... when the alarm went off.
29I was so surprised, as when she ..... the room, my mom ..... her clothes.
30Was Kania cooking the chicken soup yesterday?
31Mike was writing a postcard while Ann ..... a book.
32At 9 PM last night, I ..... a book and didn't notice your message.
33She cannot remember what she was wearing yesterday.
34Before you telephoned, I ..... watching television.
35We ..... on our way home yesterday.
36We (write) ..... these letters while our friends (make) ..... cakes
37While I (drive) to work yesterday, I (see) an accident.
38Identify the tense and aspect: They were walking along the beach.
39Past simple + Past continuousSomebody ..... (steal) her bag when she ..... (look) out of the train window.
40Choose the correct sentence.She sitted at the table by the window when the waiter approached.
41Construct the past progressive: He (to read) when I called.
42Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.When I called the police .....
43A: What were you doing when I emailed you?B: I ..... another project.
44This tense is used to talk about an activity that was in progress at a specific point of time in the past. The emphasis is on the duration of the activity in the past.Ex. He was studying while his mother was cooking dinner.
45Everyone ..... rushing to get tickets for the badminton match last Friday.
46The sun ..... (shine) every day last week
47What is the correct negative form in the past continuous?
48I called you at 3. Why didn't you pick up?-At 3 pm yesterday, I ..... a conference call with our clients.
49What grammatical structure should you use to answer: "Where were you living one year ago?"
50[BONUS] Choose the correct sentence: During my dinner, the phone rang.
51When I was little, I ..... from school by my mother every day.
52Translate:ducebat (infinitive:to lead)
53We ..... to get tickets but they've all just sold out.
54Kim ..... when her sister opened the door.
55When I ..... at the office my boss ..... for me.
56Maria ..... breakfast at 7.50 yesterday morning.
57What is the right verb phrase:(Past progressive) Friday, at at nine o'clock we ..... on our classroom.
58Baim and Riska were ..... video games when their mother ..... back.
59I ..... (cycle) to school when I ..... (see) my cat in the tree right next to the park
60I didn't understand yesterday's homework because I ..... in class. I was busy with my phone:(
61They (play) video games when I called. Fill in the blank.