The Past Continuous Tense

While we _______ to school, we saw her.

• walk

• walks

• walked

• were walking

The pilot _______ the aeroplane when the disaster _______.

• is flying, strike

• was flying, strikes

• was flying, struck

• were flying, strikes

She _______ a storybook between nine and eleven this morning.

• read

• reads

• is reading

• was reading

While the maid _______ out the clothes, my mother _______ some rice.

• hangs, cook

• hanging, cooking

• hung, was cooking

• was hanging, was cooking

He _______ himself while he _______ to school yesterday.

• hurt, cycling

• hurts, cycles

• hurt, was cycling

• was hurting, was cycling

They _______ in the river when they _______ a snake.

• swim, see

• swam, saw

• were swimming, see

• were swimming, saw

Ali _______ while his sick father _______.

• pray, slept

• prayed, slept

• was praying, sleeps

• was praying, was sleeping

As I _______ down the stairs, I _______ a man coming up.

• walks, see

• was walking, saw

• walk, saw

• were walking, see

She _______ her motorcycle when she _______ the shouts.

• was riding, heard

• rides, hears

• ride, hear

• was riding, was hearing

They _______ hockey when they _______ the ground shaking.

• played, felt

• was playing, feel

• were playing, felt

• play, feel