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Past Continuous For Interrupted ActionsSet 12

1I ..... (was reading / read / reads / am reading) a book when the lights ..... (go / went / are going / goes) out.
2You ..... in the park when you ..... her.
3The red team players ..... (warm up) when the opponent team arrived at the stadium.
4While I ..... home from school, it ..... to rain. I was soaking wet!
5Complete with the correct time tenses:The phone ..... (ring) while David ..... (take) a shower.
6Tom's telephone ..... when he .....
7Ex. 1 Complete with correct forms of the verbs in brackets. She ..... (run) across the street, when she was knocked down by a car.
8While Susan ..... her hair, I did my homework.
9Mrs. Oanh was doing the laundry when we ..... her this morning.
10GRAMMAR. PAST SIMPLE VS PAST PROGRESSIVE. Read and answer the following questions. Use the given promptsHow did Larry lose his wallet? (hike in the woods)
11Completing the sentence using the correct form of the verb (simple past or past progressive).While I ..... (study), I suddenly ..... (feel) sleepy.
12He ..... (prepare) for the presentation when he received the call.
13I ..... when I ..... a knock on the door
14Choose the correct tense for this sentence: My teacher was teaching the verbs in class when he got a call.
15When I ..... back home, my brother ..... his homework
16Cinderella ..... when a fairy appeared.
17While we ....., we ..... a horrible accident.
18They were sleeping when the alarm rang.
19I ..... at about 3 o'clock yesterday, but you ..... the phone.-What .....?-I ..... Dad in the garden so I probably ..... it.
20We ..... home when the accident .....
21The pharmacist ..... the shelf when the supervisor arrived.
22While she was watching a movie, the lights .....
23I ..... to the radio when I ..... this fantastic song
24Which sentence shows that two actions happened in the past, and one of it interrupted the other action?
25He ..... in Russia when the Revolution .....
26We ..... (go) to the park when a strange man ..... (ask) us for money.
27He was writing a letter when I ..... the room.
28Susan ..... lunch when someone ..... the doorbell. (have, ring)
29It is high time he ..... home.
30Were you watching TV when your father ..... last night?
31When my mother ....., my brother ..... the vase.
32Past Simple or Past Continuous? While Dad ..... (print) an article, the printer ..... (run out) of paper.
33They ..... for the exam when the teacher ..... the door.
34While Steve was washing his car, he ..... some dents in the doors.
35When he (live) in Manchester, he (work) in a bank
36He ..... (run) and he suddenly ..... (feel) pain in his leg.
37When Ishqi and Amira ..... in the garden, the phone .....
38As we ..... (cross) the street, we ..... (see) an accident.
39I was sleeping when suddenly .....
40The two tenses often used together to describe when one action interrupts another:
41"You're looking miserable." "I ..... on my assignment when my computer suddenly crashed."
42My father was reading a newspaper when I ..... him.
43I ..... him when I ..... to my office last week.
44Complete the sentence with the Past Simple and Continuous:" While I ..... (wait) at the bus stop, I ..... (see) an accident"
45PAST SIMPLE / CONTINUOUSHe ..... very fast when he ..... the accident.
46I ..... (watch) when she ..... (call).
47She was cleaning her teeth when the phone .....
48My father ..... at 70 km/h when a policeman ..... him.
49I'm not surprised she had an accident. She ..... (not / pay) close attention to the road.
50Complete the sentence with the correct word: ..... tv when my dad came in,
51Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer. Past simple vs. past continuous. They ..... enthusiastically when their teacher ..... in.
52The secretary ..... a letter when the computer crashed.
53James ..... (slip) while he ..... (walk) down the street.
54Liz ..... her car when she ..... out of fuel.
55She ..... the movie when he ..... in.
56We often use the ..... tense and the ..... tense in the same sentence. We do this when we want to talk about a shorter activity that happened during a longer activity in the past.
57What ..... they ..... when the storm hit?
58To describe parallel actions
59My sister ..... The Nun in her bedroom when suddenly she ..... a creepy voice coming from the closetFILL THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT WORDS
60The hairdresser ..... my hair when I realized I hated how short it was.
61I ..... for the match to begin when suddenly a dog ran onto the pitch.