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Past Continuous For Interrupted ActionsSet 17

1Susan was preparing her lunch when someone ..... the doorbell.
2They ..... (talk) for a few minutes before the rest of the group arrived.
3She ..... her hair when the postman .....
4He ..... back home when his car broke down.
5He (to look) through my album when I entered the room.
6What does 'was/were about to' refer to?
7When he came yesterday, I ..... (study) English.
8Complete the sentence using the past continuous and past simple.The girl was ..... (walk) through the park when she ..... (hear) a loud noise.
9We ..... TV when it started to rain.
10I ..... (not, sleep) when father ..... (come) home.
11I ..... dinner when the guests ..... at the door. Appropriate answer to fill in the blank is .....
12He ..... his homework when it ..... to rain.
13I ..... (cut) my leg while I ..... (play) basketball.
14Arun was cooking when the phone .....
15We ..... along the road when we saw a car which broke down, so we stopped to help.
16StudyI ..... economics at Univeristy when I met my wife-to-be.
17While we ..... home, it ..... to rain.
18'Have you made the coffee yet?" No, I ..... to make it when you came in.'
19He ..... (live) in Russia when the Revolution ..... (start)
20The postman ..... while I ..... the house.
21The teacher ..... (arrive) while Suzie and Tim ..... (play) a computer game.
22We (have) ..... dinner when the power (go) ..... out.
23Jun ..... in the carousel with her friends when you ..... me where Jun was.
24Resuelve el siguiente ejercicio gramaticalThey ..... salsa when their baby .....
25They were reading a book when somebody ..... at the door.
26He was waiting at the bus stop ..... the accident.
27The IT department ..... a security update when the network suddenly crashed.
28Ms Sana ..... (teaching) us English Language before she ..... (start) teaching Geography.
29Past Simple or Past Continuous? While they ..... (try) to fix the computer, all the lights ..... (go out).
30Pick the tense: Interrupted Activity
31He ..... for this company for five years before he moved abroad.
32The salesman ..... (help) the customer when the thief ..... (come) into the store.
33(Past Progressive)My father was dancing with Lida when he .....
34The Past continuos is usually interrupted by an action in .....
35We ..... (sleep) for 12 hours when he woke us up
36Little Thomas (cry) for hours before his mother finally comforted him.
37The children ..... peacefully when the noise woke them up.
38I was watching TV when my father .....
39She ..... when the dorbell .....
40When I ..... her, she ..... tennis.
41Choose the words that complete the sentence or question.Were the girls ..... when their mom ..... home?
42She had been walking next to the river when she ..... a strange noise.
43We were walking down by river when it ..... raining.
44We ..... a computer game when the lights ..... out.
45She ..... well at school but that changed when she became friends with a different group of girls.
46While I ..... this morning, I ..... my money. I don't know how.
47I ..... to Australia while I ..... the last year of my career.
48When Mrs. Golan (open) the door, her children (do) their homework and her husband (read) the newspaper.
49I fell down when I ..... for the bus.
50I ..... on the phone when I ..... my head on the door.
51Review: Which verb tenses would you use (in order) to describe an action that was in progress when a new action interrupted it? (I was studying when I fell asleep.)
52Suzy ..... her homework while her friend ..... dinner.
53Choose the correct tense.I ..... my favourite show when the doorbell rang
54He was hanging the laundry when it started to rain.
55Canny ..... a beautiful dream when her alarm clock .....
56I ..... (watch) the ballet when my phone ..... (ring).
57The actor ..... on the phone when someone ..... on the door.
58GRAMMAR. PAST SIMPLE VS PAST PROGRESSIVE. Read and answer the following questions. Use the given promptsHow did Mr. and Mrs. Brown burn themselves? (prepare dinner)
59I was having lunch when Hoa .....
60Choose the correct tense to complete the sentences with PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS. I ..... T.V when the telephone .....
61I saw Kate a few minutes ago. She ..... for you.