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Past Continuous – Exercises 2

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Using Past Continuous, read the questions below and select the correct answer:

1. She _________ (cook) dinner when I arrived. was cooking were cooking cooked cooking

2. They _________ (play) outside while it was raining. playing was playing played were playing

3. He _________ (read) a book when the phone rang. were reading was reading read reading

4. We _________ (watch) TV when the power went out. was watching were watching watched watching

5. The children _________ (sleep) when the alarm sounded. were sleeping was sleeping slept sleeping

6. She _________ (walk) to work when it started to rain. walking were walking walked was walking

7. The teacher _________ (explain) the lesson when I entered. were explaining was explaining explained explaining

8. They _________ (drive) home when they saw the accident. drove was driving were driving driving

9. He _________ (write) an email when his computer crashed. was writing were writing wrote writing

10. We _________ (eat) dinner when the guests arrived. ate was eating were eating eating

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