Global MCQ Practice
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Past Continuous For Interrupted ActionsSet 10

1They (talk) on the phone when the doorbell (ring).
2..... (be) you ..... (listen) while Robert ..... (explain) to the judge?
3They ..... books when the telephone .....
4Last night, she (watch) ..... a movie when her friend (call) .....
5My cousins ..... in the garden when the rain started.
6Choose the correct answer While Jackson was washing his new bike, he ..... a diamond necklace.
7PAST SIMPLE/PAST CONTINUOUS. Fill in the blanks with a suitable tense:'I (take) ..... my dog for a walk in the park when suddenly another dog (attack) ..... him.
8The tourists ..... the old castle when their guide suddenly them to pay attention.
9I ..... my head,while I ..... down the stairs.
10They ..... the program when the error appeared.
11I ..... for my purse when I ..... my credit card.
12They ..... in the library when the fire alarm went off.
13Choose the correct optionWhen we were eating dinner, there ..... a knock at the door.
14A film ..... (record) when the video recorder broke down
15We ..... an old box while we ..... in the garden.
16Past Simple Vs Past Continuous Complete the sentence with the corerct word(s)I ..... (look for) a cake when you ..... (see) me.
17Choose the correct option She ..... a book when the phone .....
18We ..... to leave the office for the weekend when the phone rang.
19Caroline was skiing when she broke her leg.
20They ..... television when suddenly someone knocked at the door.
21Last night I ..... my hair when Helen ......
22We ..... when someone knocked the door.
23I (not drive) very fast when the accident (happen).
24Natural disasters and unexpected weather events are considered interrupting actions and so are recounted using the preterit tense.
25Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form by choosing the best sentence: He ..... (run) when he ..... (fall).
26Choose the simple past or the past continuous correctly.Hello Anna, what ..... (you / do) when I called you last night?
27He ..... very fast when the police ..... him.
28My brother (learn) ..... English when I came home.
29Someone tried to steal her phone while she ..... for a railway ticket.
30Suddenly, he ..... two girls lying on the grass. They .....
31When Ladda ..... cake, her mom was cooking.
32I ..... a picture of a hippo while it ..... in the river.
33The teacher ..... the lesson when a student ..... a question.
34They ..... dinner when everything began to shake and fell. A. were having B. had C. had had D. has had
35Alan ..... loud rock music for three hours when her friends arrived
36My mom was cooking the dinner when I arrived home.This sentence is an example of:
37Fill in the blank:While he ..... (run) to catch the bus, he ..... (drop) his phone.
38He came when I ..... the film "Man from the star" .
39We ..... to Laura when my phone rang.
40Mr. Brown ..... very fast when he ..... a tree.
41Harry ..... (play) computer games when he ..... (hear) a strange noise.
42Ticket 11: The Past Continuous Tense-How is past continuous different from past simple?
43The man was reading a book when he .....
44I ..... (stare) at you, but then someone knocked on the door.
45The pupils ..... when the bell .....
46Supply the correct tense: They (to watch) TV when the power went out.
47Dina: When did the accident happen? Dini: When the goods ..... from the truck.
48The phone suddenly rang while she ..... a speech to the local people.
49Jane ..... dinner when she heard the news.
50He ..... his teeth when the phone rang.
51Choose the correct answer using past continuous and past simple: 1) He/have breakfast/ the phone/ ring
52Susie (watch) a film when she (hear) the noise.
53Choose which verb tense (simple past or past continuous) fits better.We ..... breakfast when she walked into the room.
54When I ..... to work at 6 o'clock, the sun .....
55Steven felt tired as he ..... (sail) for several hours.
56Complete the sentences2. I was making a sandwich
57We were eating when the phone rang Tense:
58While I ..... TV, you ..... your homework.
59We were playing in the park when it rained.
60Which sentence BEST illustrates correct use of past progressive to show interruption?
61"She ..... the door when the phone rang." (interrupted action)