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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 97

1They were ..... TV when the doorbell rang.
2He was flying a kite when the storm broke.IDENTIFY THE TENSE OF THE SENTENCE ABOVE! WHAT IS IT?
3Yesterday at 6pm we ..... a really good movie.
4The girl (recite) the Quran with her beautiful voice when I passed by.
5Lisa ..... the house when her husband came home.
6We ..... when we heard a strange noise outside.
7When I turned on the radio, the announcer ..... the final score.
8The aunt ..... (travel) Egypt and Australia
9She ..... (read) a book when the phone rang.
10Faiz lost the 100m sprint race because the others ..... faster than him.
11I ..... (wait) for my friend for an hour.
12Somebody ..... into their house while they .....
13She was ..... the movie while her mother was ..... for dinner yesterday.
14Fill in the blank:'They ..... (not/listen) to the teacher while he was talking.'
15We ..... a movie when you called.
16Complete the sentence with present or past Continuous tense.I ..... when the phone rang.
17Identify the sentence that uses past simple and past continuous correctly:
18While we ....., I ..... the teacher yell "hung up"
19Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. They were taking selfies while the tour guide ..... the itinerary.
20Like a household, a society ..... many decisions when the Soviet Unoin collapsed.
21What ..... at eleven last night?
22They ..... for the missing child when they ..... the body of the old woman in the forest.
23At 9 am this morning, we ..... Chemistry in the lab.
24At 7 o'clock, she ..... dinner.
25She ..... a book when I arrived.
26..... I ..... dinner when Jasmine arrived?
27I ..... about to leave when she come.
28"I was sleeping when you called me" is an example of what tense?
29We ..... studying when the teacher came.
30Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences: ..... basketball when it started snowing?
31Mark ..... (not, wear) a coat when it started to rain.
32My dog ..... barking
33Ted ..... his guitar at half past seven yesterday.
34Valen ..... (not, wash) the dishes while her mom ..... (prepare) for lunch.
35When he came to see me yesterday, I ..... dinner.
36I ..... soccer at the park when I saw a bright light.
37While Jane ..... a language course in England, she ..... Westminster palace.
38Mum ..... at nine o'clock last night.
39Identify the sentence that uses the past progressive tense.
40Complete:Sorry, can you repeat? I .....
41The telephone ..... (ring) when they ..... (have) lunch.
42Past Simple or Past Continuous:She met them at the station while she ..... (wait) for her train.
43I ..... (work) on the computer, when Mike ..... (come) into the room.
44Change 'They are playing soccer' to past tense.
45Choose the correct variant of Past Tenses.
46Amin and Aminah were ..... to a mall with their parents.
47While Muna ....., the librarian turned off the light.
48Change to past progressive:'We walk to school.'
49When I came home, my mum ..... dinner
50They ..... the piano when the teacher came into the class.
51C. a thick wooden old table D. a wooden thick old tableQuestion 10. John ..... a book when I saw him. A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading
52Complete the sentence with the correct past form of the appropriate verbs. X, Xe.g. I. Ernest Hemingway ..... Gertrude Stein while he ..... in Paris. (live / meet)
53Choose the correct answer by circling A, B, C or D. The electricity failed while she ..... our dinner.
54I ..... (be) very tired because I ..... (work) all day yesterday.
55We ..... our favourite series when there was a power cut.
56While the students ..... their homework, the teacher was marking papers.
57While we ..... having fun, it started raining.
58What is the past continuous tense of 'to watch' for we?
59When Rowena ..... in the street, she ..... a valuable necklase
60Was Mika eating sha bu at Dino sha bu last night?
61Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions What ..... at 8 p.m. last night? I was studyingA. did you do B. were you doing C. have you done D. do you do