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Past Continuous For Interrupted ActionsSet 18

1We ..... (watch) a movie at the cinema yesterday when our house was burgled
2I ..... (heard / was hearing / hear / hears) a noise while I ..... (was studying / studied / study / studies).
3The lady ..... (buy) a dress when her husband called her.
4What is usually happening in the background when we use the Past Continuous in a sentence with the Simple Past?
5Is the next sentence correct? He was doing his homework when I called him.
6Sue was taking a shower when her father ..... home.
7Choose the correct tense: "While the doctor ..... (examine) Mr. Jones, his son ..... (wait) outside."
8I ..... my car keys while I ..... an ice cream
9Complete the sentence with the Past Simple and Continuous:"I ..... (relax) in the sun when a cloud ..... (appear) in the sky"
10She ..... (sing) in the bathroom when her mom ..... (knock) on the door.
11Which tenses do we use to show an interupted action in the past?
12He ..... a sandwich when his phone rang.
13The light ..... out when when we ..... dinner yesterday.
14When William fell down, he was running towards the church.
15They ..... a film when suddendly the power was off.
16The children ..... (build) a sandcastle when the tide ..... (come) in.
17What tense does have the following feature?is used to talk about the longer of two past actions when one action interfered the other one
18He was watching a movie while his sister listened to music in her room.
19Jack ..... (milk) the cows when a stranger came into the barn.
20As they ..... TV, the power went out.
21I ..... when suddenly, I heard a scream.
22While we ..... a movie, the lights .....
23He ..... a book while waiting.
24Choose the correct answer:While Henry ..... a drink at the bar, his wife ..... in the sea.
25Past simple or past continuous? Choose the correct tense for the following sentence:We ..... TV when it ..... to rain.
26Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.While we ..... (talk), someone ..... (break) into the house and left us this note.
27I ..... soccer when it ..... to rain.
28She was running when it started to rain.
29When I ..... (enter) the hall, the students ..... (listen) to a very interesting lecture in history.
30People ..... (not/panic) when the lights ..... (go) out in the shopping centre three days ago.
31Choose the correct verb tenses to complete the sentences."Although the television was on, I ..... (not watch) it. Instead I ..... (dream) about my holidays."
32Yesterday afternoon, the CEO ..... (speak) at the conference when the fire alarm went off.
33Susan ..... (play) the piano when someone knocked on the door.
34When I ..... (walk) into the busy office, the secretary ..... (talk) on the phone with a customer.
35No one even noticed when I arrived home. They ..... the K-drama on TV.
36I ..... (wait) for my friend when the bus ..... (arrive).
37We were watching a Nearpod lesson on the big screen when a power failure happened.
38I ..... asleep when I ..... noise downstairs.
39Complete the sentence to show an action that was interrupted:We ..... for the bus when it suddenly ..... to pour rain.
40Present or past continuous tense. Choose the correct optionThey ..... (talk) when the teacher arrived.
41When I ..... the exercise I ..... at the pictures.(do, break)
42Tom ..... (take) a nap, when his mum called him.
43They ..... their homework when the electricity went out.
44I ..... a shower when you .....
45Grammar Q10:I ..... (tell) my friends a funny story about my brother when he ..... (walk) in.
46When daddy ..... the door, the children ..... homework.
47I ..... (come) home while my sister ..... (water) houseplants.
48When I ..... in the garden, the phone .....
49I (have) ..... dinner when I suddenly (hear) ..... a loud bang.
50Past simple or past continuous? Choose the correct tense for the following sentence:I ..... to visit you yesterday, but you ..... not at home.
51Repetition and Irritation with "Always"The past continuous with words such as "always" or "constantly" is to express
52I was writing journal when my brother ..... game.
53Fred ..... his leg when he ..... soccer
54Yesterday at 7 o'clock, while Abudabi ..... a movie, her cousin just ..... in.
55Past simple and Past continuous.When it (start) ..... to rain, I (work) ..... in the garden.
56While Manuel ..... in the sea, a shark suddenly .....
57The doctor ..... to the family when the phone rang.
58He fell down when he ..... towards the church
59She ..... a new book for months before she found the perfect one.
60They (talk) ..... on the phone when the rain poured down
61While they ..... (watch) a movie, the power ..... (go) off.