Practice drill
Past Continuous Tense
They were talking on the phone when the doorbell rang.
Were you doing your homework last night when I called you?
Were you studying, too?
I was studying my lesson when John arrived.
We were having dinner when you telephoned.
While we were sitting in the park, we heard a loud cry.
It was raining hard when we left, but when we got back the sun was shining.
Exercise I. Choose the correct word or phrase from each pair underlined.
1. While I washed/was washing my hair, the phone rang/
was ringing.
2. Mrs. Cady was loosing/lost control of her car when she
was driving/drove a mountain road.
3. Everybody was wearing/wore seatbelts when a bad accident was happening /happened.
4. What did/was Paul do/doing when the bell rang/was
ringing?
5. He was trying /tried to save the people when he
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