PasT CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. Mr. Robers and his daughter ______________

(walk) in the park at 7 a.m. yesterday morning.
2. Janice ____________ (not listen) to her English
teacher when he asked her a hard question.
3. Who ____________ (make) that noise while Billy
____________ (read) the pharagraph?
4. The Johnsons ____________ (watch) a horror
film when the doorbell rang. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the
5. I ____________ (drive) to the office when I saw verbs in brackets to complete the sentences
an accident on Palm Street.
6. _______ you _______ (sleep) when I texted you
23. I was very scared tonight because I thought a
about the party yesterday afternoon?
man ______________ (follow) me.
7. Where _______ you _______ (go) at 10 p.m. last
24. Lawrence __________ (walk) down the street
night? I saw while you ____________ (leave) .
when he found a hundred dollar bill.
8. My grandfather ____________ (plant) an olive
25. We ___________ (have) dinner when aunt Judy
tree while we ___________ (water) the flowers.
knocked the door yesterday evening.
9. Isabella ____________ (take) a shower when
26. The footballers ____________ (not play) well
the electricity went off this morning.
so their coach yelled at them in anger.
10. What _______ Alan and Beverly _______ (do)
27. My cousins ____________ (not swimming) , but
when their father came into the room?
they ____________ (sunbathe) on the beach
11. Why _______ you _______ (shout) at Noah and
when a shark appeared on the shore.
Randy a few hours ago?
28. Diane ____________ (swing) in the playground
12. I ___________ (not do) anything when my best
when it suddenly started snowing.
friend, Charlotte offered to go to the cinema.
29. Mrs. Ward ___________ (feed) the cats on the
13. We ____________ (eat) fish and chips in the
pavement when the earthquake happened.
restaurant at about 1 p.m. yesterday.
30. His sons ___________ (not sleep) in their beds
14. The detective ____________ (question) three
at 11 p.m. last night. They ____________ (drink)
men for the bank robbery last night.
orange juice and playing tic-tac-toe.
15. Mr. Cooper ____________ (repair) a gold watch
31. Mr. Hughes ____________ (sweep) the leaves in
when I went into his shop.
the driveway when the postman came.
16. It ___________ (not rain) outside when we left
32. What _______ the students ________ (watch)
home. So we didn’t take our umbrellas.
on the smartboard when the teacher came?
17. Who _______ you _______ (talk) with when I
33. The boss ____________ (talk) on the phone
met you in the shopping mall yesterday?
when the secretary brought the reports.
18. He __________ (look for) a puppy in the animal
34. My mother ____________ (cook) spaghetti
shelter when he suddenly decided to adopt a
and fried chicken when I last saw her.
cat with three kittens.
35. At 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, my friends
19. Judy and Grace ___________ (not read) their
and I ____________ (play) hide and seek.
books in the classroom this morning. They
36. The police officer asked “What _____ the man
___________ (write) their essays.
_______ (wear) when he entered the bank?”
20. My parents ___________ (prepare) breakfast
37. Nobody __________ (play) on the monkey bars
while my sister and I ___________ (set) the
when I went to the park this morning.
table at about 7 a.m. this morning.
38. It ___________ (hail) heavily this afternoon so
21. _______ your grandma _______ (take) a nap
a lot of birds came my balcony.
on the sofa a few hours ago?
39. My grandparents _________ (watch) the news
22. She ___________ (listen) to music an hour ago.
when their guests arrived home for dinner.
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