Global MCQ Practice
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Past Continuous For Interrupted ActionsSet 14

1Dad ..... the car when he ..... himself.
2Janet's contact lens popped out while she .....
3Finish the sentence: I ..... through the rainforest when I broke my foot.
4I ..... breakfast when the alarm went off. I stopped eating and ran outside.
5Rudi ..... the stairs when he ..... Luckily he didn't hurt himself
6Me and my older brother (watch) ..... a cartoon when our mother(come) ..... home.
7While I ..... to school I ..... my friend.
8Gibran ..... lunch with my brother when I ..... the cafeteria.
9While the children ..... (sing) their teacher ..... (play) the piano.
10While Sasha was watching TV, I ..... a snack.
11Which verb tense is used to describe an action that was ongoing in the past but is now completed?
12Choose the correct tense:He ..... (watch) TV when I ..... (arrive) at his house.
13I ..... my homework when the phone rang. (do, did, does)
14I ..... (write) an email when the internet ..... (go) down.
15They ..... when someone knocked at the door.
16While they ..... (play) tennis, we ..... (take) our dog for a walk.
17Choose the correct answer.We ..... a test when the fire alarm ..... off.
18Our team was preparing the final presentation when the client .....
19The labors ..... demonstrating for an hour when the manager came.
20It ..... when she ..... the accident.
21True or False:The sentence 'She was walking home when she was seeing a friend' correctly describes an interrupted action.
22We ..... home from school, when it ..... to rain.
23Icy ..... her leg when she ..... two days ago.
24My sister ..... (cook) when the phone rang.
25While Tom ..... for a bus, he ..... an accident.
26It is used for an event that interrupts another action in the past.
27They to the airport for a flight when they realized they had left their passports at home.
28The teacher / talk / fire alarm / ring
29Lt was raining when I ..... up.
30Someone ..... (steal) her purse while she ..... (get on) the bus.
31While I ..... dinner in the kitchen, the phone suddenly and made me drop my spoon.
32While Phong ..... a presentation, his laptop suddenly crashed.
33She ..... doing homework WHEN her mother ..... home
34Last night, I was studying English When .....
35Choose the correct sentence that combines past simple and past continuous:
36Complete the sentence.The accident ..... when they ..... home.
37She was reading when I arrived.
38For something which happened before and after another action
39Past progressive tense is used to .....
40She ..... TV when her friend called her.
41Read and choose the correct answer.Nataly ..... (come) in while I ..... (surf) on the net.
42We ..... television when the telephone rang.
43You ..... from behind when I went outside.
44I ..... in the science lab when I ..... the tube.
45He ..... down while he ..... towards the church.
46While they ..... to music, the power went out.
47Which of the following sentences correctly uses the Past Progressive and Simple Past tenses together?
48I ..... to get tickets for that play for months, and didn't want to miss it.
49Mom ..... the house when my aunt visited us.
50What is the error?: "We talked when the telephone rang."
51She ..... a novel on her bed when her little brother loudly into the room.
52He ..... while we ..... the project that was given by Mrs.Christina.
53She was reading a book when she ..... the thunder.
54Simple vs Continuous: He fell while he .....
55Lan ..... a bath when Tom ..... yesterday.
56Present or past continuous tense. Choose the correct optionHe ..... (drive) home when he had an accident.
57Which tense is used to describe ongoing actions in the past or interrupted actions?
58I ..... (walk) to the bus stop when I suddenly ..... (remember) I had left my phone at home.
59I was listening to the radio when I ..... someone knew.
60Rayhan was doing his maths homework when his phone .....
61I was walking along the road when I ..... an old friend.