Global MCQ Practice
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Past Continuous For Interrupted ActionsSet 1

1Soon Hong ..... (leap) off the bus when it ..... (move).
2My brother ..... (play) video games with his friends when the electricity ..... (go) out.
3She was singing when the speaker stopped working.
4The Chinese ..... spaghetti dishes for a long time before Marco Polo ..... back to Italy
5Choose the correct tense (simple past or past progressive).My husband ..... the dishes when I ..... back home. (wash/come)
6I (talk) on the phone when they brought me the letter.
7PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS TENSE. Selecciona la oracion en pasado continuo tenso
8While she ..... on the phone, the children ..... fighting and broke a window.
9The refugees (walk) along the road.-Some planes (appear) overhead.
10While she ..... the presentation, the projector ..... working.
11As I ..... to the office, I found a wallet on the floor.
12While I ....., I heard a noise suddenly.
13She ..... in Tonga when a violent storm ..... the island.
14While the teacher ..... the lesson, the students ..... notes.
15When I ..... it was clear she ..... There were papers all over the floor and books everywhere.
16Jenny was making dinner when the lights ..... out.
17I ..... (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock ..... (ring).
18Identify the sentence using both tenses correctly:
19She ..... dinner when the phone ......
20Enrique and Manuel were travelling to Quito when their car broke down.This sentence is an example of:
21While he ..... (wait) for the bus, he ..... (meet) an old friend.
22A: Why didn't you answer your phone?B: I ..... my bike when you called.
23The children (play) football when their mother (come) back home.
24Use the correct tense in the following sentence: They (to play) football when it started raining.
25A: Did you see your boss at the airport yesterday!B: Yes, ..... his family.
26Complete the sentence using the past continuous and past simple.He was ..... (sleep) when the intruder ..... (enter) the house.
27I didn't hear what you said. I ..... about our picnic plan.
28Ailee's parents ..... (clean) the house while she ..... (have) a deep sleep.
29Complete the sentence:I ..... TV when he ..... me.
30The last time I spoke to Tom, he / married. I don't know if he did or not!
31We ..... because it ......
32He was writing to his friend when he ..... a noise.
33While the team ..... (present) their ideas, the client asked a question.
34Wendy ..... (eat) her lunch when her phone ..... (ring).
35Choose the correct verb tense: 'While they ..... (discuss) the project, the manager entered the room.'
36They ..... about me when I ..... their conversation.
37I ..... a book while John ..... to music.
38He ..... when the accident happened.
39The headmaster ..... a speech when the boy suddenly fainted.
40The old man ..... the cheque when the robber ..... the bank.
41Past simple or past continuous? Choose the correct tense for the following sentence:It was raining heavily while I ..... for the bus.
42While we ..... to school, it ..... to rain.
43We ..... football when the man suddenly ..... a phone call.
44We were playing soccer when it started to rain.
45They were talking about their plans for the coming year when I ..... at the coffee shop.
46She was cooking when her father .....
47A:What ..... when he fell in the lake? B:I ..... on the phone.
48We ..... (watch) TV when we ..... (see) that a devastating earthquake ..... (hit) California.
49"She ..... the book when the phone rang," best uses which tense?
50My brother ..... when I shouted.
51Mrs. Utami ..... writing a letter when the phone rang.
52Choose the sentence that correctly shows a longer, ongoing action being interrupted by a shorter one.
53We ..... at the zoo when the lion roared.
54The bus in which the football team ..... had an accident, but nobody .....
55What ..... you ..... when you ..... your leg.
56Martin ..... in the garden when it ..... to rain.
57The witness ..... the timeline when the jury entered.
58He was taking a shower when .....
59When Carol ..... last night, I ..... my favorite show on television. A. called / was watching B. had called / watched C. called / have watched D. was calling / watched
60The pilot ..... over France when he had to make an emergency landing.
61They ..... TV when she ..... to their house.