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Past Continuous For Interrupted ActionsSet 16

1I ..... a travel programme when my TV suddenly exploded.
2We ..... TV when Dad ..... home.
3I ..... TV when my brother ..... home.
4Fill in the blank: The project ..... to be completed by June, but there were delays.
5As the teacher ..... the lesson, Burhan ..... his hand to ask a question.
6We ..... (watch) TV when we ..... (hear) a loud noise.
7I ..... soup for myself when my friends called and invited me out to dinner.
8I ..... my car when it ..... to rain.
9She ..... (cook) in the kitchen when the phone ..... (ring).
10Which verb tense is used to describe past actions in progress interrupted by other short actions in the past?
11He ..... a report when he ..... his pencil.
12A shorter past action that interrupted a longer one.
13Brian ..... he fell off his ladder.
14She ..... a book when her friend ..... her. Appropriate answer to fill in the blank is .....
15I ..... when, suddenly, the internet crashed.
16While Mrs. Emerson was reading the little story, he (fall) ..... asleep.
17I was eating when a fly landed on my food.
18Choose the correct tense: I was trying to look for a job when I ..... an interesting one in the newspaper.
19To express interrupted action in the past
20We ..... TV when the postman .....
21We (travel) ..... to the beach when we (realize) ..... we forgot the sunscreen.
22We ..... (eat) all day, so we ..... (feel) a bit ill.
23I ..... the vase while I ..... the bookshelf.
24Which tense is used to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past but was interrupted?
25While I ..... (watch) TV, my phone ..... (ring).
26While I ..... to report the accident to the policeman, someone ..... me twice.
27I ..... them in the street while I .....
28The phone ..... just when we .....
29When Carol ..... dinner, someone ..... on the door.
30I ..... in the bath when the phone ..... It ..... after a few rings.
31I ..... (read) a book when suddenly I ..... (hear) a noise.
32While I was washing the dishes, I suddenly ..... a brilliant idea.
33While I ..... the football match, it ..... raining.
34They ..... when the teacher walked in.
35I found these photos while I ..... out my cupboards
36We ..... our quality time when the unexpected guest .....
37How can past continuous and past simple tenses be used together?
38Angel ..... a book when the lights suddenly went out.
39When I ..... home my dog ..... under the table.
40The lights ..... out as we ..... the plans for the wedding.
41Choose the best match.A storm started. You were asleep.
42She ..... (cook) dinner when I ..... (come) home.
43The man ..... by a dog when he climbed over a wall and reached safely.
44Henry ..... when a football hit him.
45Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option: While I ..... for him to call up, he ..... a good time in the bar.
46We ..... to the station when it ..... to rain
47People ..... for the manager for the meeting when he ..... to cancel it.
48While my father ....., my uncle ..... me to the airport yesterday.
49While we ..... for the bus we ..... two children flashing by with their roller skates.
50The receptionist ..... (attend) to a hotel guest when the manager ..... (walk) in.
51What ..... when the fire alarm ..... off?
52They ..... football when it ..... to rain
53He (study) ..... for the exam when his computer (crash) .....
54I ..... when my telephone .....
55Choose the correct option My brother (learn) ..... English when I came home.
56Complete the sentence:We ..... soccer in the park when the ball flew over the fence.
57They were watching TV when the lights went out.
58I was watching TV, when the quake .....
59They ..... (cleaned / were cleaning / cleans / clean) the house when the guests ..... (arrived / was arriving / arrive / arrives).
60Michael ..... an accident while he ..... to school this morning.
61It started to rain while she was watering the flowers in the garden