Past Continuous Mixed Exercise 4

The past continuous (or past progressive) is a tense in English that is used to talk about long actions in the past or when the focus is on the duration of a particular action.

This is a mixed exercise about the past continuous.

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Past Continuous Mixed Exercise 4

Complete these sentences by filling in the verb in the past continuous.
1.
He (to explain) what he had studied the day before.
2.
What (he, to drink) when he was on the phone?
3.
My friend (not, to keep) track of how much money he (to spend).
4.
(they, to waste) precious time to solve the case?
5.
Obama (to help) Joe Biden to win the elections.
6.
We (to cook) a delicious Valentine's dinner.
7.
(he, to tell) the truth?
8.
He (not, to record) when the accident happened.
9.
The bells (to ring) to honour the deceased soldiers.
10.
Miss Belgium (to look) very good on the day of the competition.

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