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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 99

1My sister ..... her homework when the phone rang.
2..... you at the party in Menga last night?
3They ..... (plan) to move abroad when Jill was offered a new job.
4While Sarah ..... dinner, the phone rang.
5The phone ..... (ring) when I entered the room.
6We ..... on the street, when a tall man ..... us for the coin.
7He ..... running along street this morning.
8He ..... the guitar when his friends arrived.
9When I came to his house, he ..... a football match on TV.
10At 6 p.m. last night, I ..... having dinner with my friend's family.
11Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.When the doorbell rang .....
12While I ..... TV last night, a mouse ran across the floor.
13They ..... (have) dinner when the doorbell rang.
14I ..... my homework when the light went out.
15While my friend ..... on my farm, a terrible storm ..... my hometown last night.
16Find the affirmative sentence in the past continuous tense.
17What ..... you ..... when the teacher walked in?
18I lost my money when .....
19Our parents ..... for me when I ..... at the station yesterday.
20Mariana ..... the bathroom then I came home.
21A: I called you last night, but you didn't answer my call. B: I'm sorry. I didn't answer your call because .....
22What did you realize about yourself last year?
23Coquebatis
24Dinner ..... when we arrived.
25When I ..... for my passport, I ..... this old photograph.
26Exercise 8: Choose the correct options to complete the sentences. My friends ..... around the world for years because they wanted to experience different cultures.
27When I got home I found that water ..... down the kitchen walls. A. ran B. was running C. has run D. has been running
28Yesterday at 5 PM, I ..... homework while my sister ..... books.
29All day yesterday we ..... the snow.
30Bob and Joe ..... exercising when the wind ..... strongly.
31Our grandmother ..... dinner from twelve till three yesterday.
32At this time yesterday, we ..... to Baguio.
33I ..... in the kitchen when he arrived.
34Select past continuous or past perfect continuous for the sentence below."John and I went for a walk. He ..... (walk) very fast the whole time and I had difficulty keeping up with him."
35What was happening when the phone rang?
36While I was opening the window, a bird ..... into the room.
37Read out the 'story', 'connector' and 'background' parts on the card and make one sentence using past tenses. STORY: We (watch) a film. CONNECTOR: while. BACKGROUND: They (make) dinner. Choose the correct sentence.
38They ..... for alternative suppliers while negotiating the current contract.
39She (eat) dinner when the phone (ring).
40While my mother ....., my father was reading newspaper
41I ..... to my mp3 player.
42She didn't answer the phone because she .....
43Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'We were walking to school.'
44The bee ..... as it flew near the flower.
45Was I talking to you?
46Anthony called/was calling while I parked/was parking the car.
47While I was away, they ..... their works?
48My parents ..... dinner when I came home.
49She ..... (read) when I called her.
50Choose the appropriate structure to complete the sentence.Peter's future (is being discussed/ was being discussed) at the parents' meeting yesterday.
51He was cleaning his room when his mother called.
52What made the IT scams smarter than most advertising schemes was how they ..... college students.
53What is the correct past progressive tense form of the verb "eat" for the subject "he" ?
54What are the use of this past progressive sentence?'At 8 PM last night, I was reading a book.'
55He ..... to the gym every day last month, but now he prefers running outside.
56What tense denotes a past action which lasted continuously for a period of time?
57While the children ..... (play), their parents talked on the porch.
58When Pixar ..... Toy Story in 1995, Jobs ..... the company's future.
59She was dancing on the stage last night.
60Please step out of the car, Mr. Jones. Do you realise you ..... at over 90mph?
61The match ..... (already / start) when we ..... (turn on) the TV. England ..... (lose) and they ..... (play) very badly.