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Past Continuous For Interrupted ActionsSet 9

1I ..... potatoes when the telephone ......
2I was watching TV when she .....
3Thomas was taking a shower, when his friend ..... home.
4Read the following sentences and choose the right analysis:Last night, while the citizens were enjoying their time with their families, an explosion was heard.
5Cynthia ..... at my joke, when the teacher walked in.
6Choose the correct verb form for this sentence: "He ..... (watch) TV when I called him."
7Yesterday evening, I ..... to the news on the radio when the phone .....
8Ravi ..... the newspaper when the phone rang.
9SIMPLE PAST VS PAST PROGRESSIVEComplete the sentence:They ..... video games when someone knocked on the door.
10While I ..... (walk) to my friend's house, I ..... (see) an accident.
11The lorry driver ..... in the opposite direction when it suddenly swerved to the right.
12I ..... (write) an email when my computer ..... (crash).
13We ..... TV when it ..... to rain.
14Fill the sentence with the correct verb form:He ..... home late when the accident occurred.
15Jone ..... TV when the light ......
16The sprinter ..... when he suddenly felt a pain in his leg.
17When I ..... out of the bath the lights .....
18Somebody ..... her bag when she ..... out of the window
19I ..... doing my homework when I ..... the accident outside the house.
20While Mary ..... the flowers it began to rain.
21Fill in the correct forms: I ..... (to walk) through the woods when I ..... (to hear) a noise.
22As she ..... a letter last night, the lights suddenly ..... out.
23The car ..... in the garage when the thunderstorm .....
24When I ..... Justin ..... to my room.
25When I was reading the newspaper, the storm .....
26SIMPLE PAST VS PAST PROGRESSIVEComplete the sentence: ..... she ..... in the pool when it started to rain?
27I ..... my homework when the doorbell rang yesterday.
28One action (past simple) interrups another action (past continuous)
29We were studying when the power went out. What tense is this?
30Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence: "We ..... dinner when the phone rang."
31PAST SIMPLE/PAST CONTINUOUS. Fill in the blanks with a suitable tense:'Yesterday, I (hear) ..... a noise while I (read) ..... a book.'
32He had a ball fall while he ..... his roof.
33She ..... (leave) the office when it ..... (start) to rain.
34My grandparents ..... stories when the lights ..... out.
35Past vs. past progressive in Trip to Ooty: "The doorbell rang while I ..... my homework."
36While we were running/ ran in the park, Mary fell over.
37The cat ..... (sleep) when I ..... (come) home.
38While I ....., the school bus arrived.
39My sister ..... (wait) to go out for dinner yesterday when her boyfriend ..... (call) her to say that he ..... (not / can) come because his car ..... (break down).
40She ..... her new hat when I ..... her yesterday.
41My father was reading a newspaper when the bird ..... by.
42I ..... a film when the lights suddenly went out.
43He ..... his homework when his mother ..... him to dinner. Appropriate answer to fill in the blank is .....
44He was taking a shower when the phone rang.
45While Nick was playing with the ball, he was talking to Talia.
46I ..... a noise, while I ..... my homework.
47While the waiter ..... to Ms Jane, she dropped the food.
48The children ..... when you ..... home.
49Thomas ..... (have) dinner when his Mother ..... (arrive) home.
50While I ..... TV, the lights ..... out.
51Put the verb in the correct tense: Past Simple or Past Continuous. He (sit) ..... in the garden when his uncle (call) ..... him. Choose the correct pair.
52He said that he ..... on the phone when the car .....
53I was watching my favourite TV show when the power .....
54Use of Simple Past(Sudden) action that took place in the middle of another action.-I was sitting in a meeting, when my mobile suddenly rang.-When I came in, John was playing solitaire.
55What is the function of the past continuous tense in the sentence:'He was studying when the phone rang'?
56When I entered the office, everyone ..... quietly.
57While I ..... T.V., the doorbell .....
58MIXED TENSESWhile I (wait) ..... for my train this morning I (meet) ..... an old school friend.
59She ..... the door when she heard a strange noise outside.
60Past tensesMy cousin and I ..... (sit) at a park bench when we ..... (hear) a thunder.
61The past continuous can be mixed with a Past simple to create: