100 Sentences of Past Continuous Tense, Examples of Past Progressive Tense

100 Sentences of Past Continuous Tense in English

1.Alex saw me while I was playing football.

2.As she was reading the book, Alice came.

3.At seven o’clock, they were brandishing guns.

4.Frank was not worrying about his daughter’s situation.

5.Had her daughter been eating anything all day?

6.He was cooking while I was studying.

7.He was washing the dishes while it was raining.

8.He was watering the flowers.

9.He was working when I called him.

10.I had not been cooking any meal when she came to my home.

11.I was bored.

12.I was coming from school while my mother was watering the garden.

13.I was crying while he was laughing.

14.I was eating an orange.

15.I was eating apples.

16.I was eating lunch when you arrived.

17.I was having breakfast.

18.I was learning German last year.

19.I was not taking a shower.

20.I was shaking the bottle when it crashed.

21.I was studying the other night.

22.I was understanding the lesson last week.

23.I was washing the dishes when the phone rang.

24.I was watching football match on TV when he called.

25.I was watching TV when she called.

26.I was watching TV when you saw me.

27.I wasn’t hitting the right notes. ()

28.Isabel usually sings the song but she was not singing this morning.

29.It was not eating a strawberry a few minutes ago.

30.It was raining while I was watching TV.

31.It was raining yesterday evening.

32.It wasn’t getting so dark when he found her.

33.Jonathan was not talking anymore because he had a broken heart.

34.Last night at 10 p.m, I was eating dinner.

35.My father wasn’t cooking when I came home.

36.My sister was studying her Science exam all evening.

37.My sister was studying in the library.

38.She had not been working all day so she was energetic.

39.She was always coming late for meetings.

40.She was dancing when I saw her.

41.She was drinking tea.

42.She was looking for a cheap holiday.

43.She was studying when I saw her.

44.Sophia was laughing at Steve’s jokes.

45.The audience was boring because of Abel’s presentation.

46.The earthquake was scaring all of us.

47.The ground was covered with snow. It had been snowing heavy for several hours.

48.The phone rang while I was taking a bath.

49.The police was chasing the man while you were talking.

50.The singers were not singing.

51.The students were drawing beautiful pictures when the teacher entered the classroom.

52.The students were not eating their bananas.

53.The sun was shining every day that summer.

54.They were drinking coffee when I arrived.

55.They were going to the movies last Saturday.

56.They were going.

57.They were studying math yesterday.

58.They weren’t going.

59.Was he learning German last year?

60.Was he working when I called him?

61.Was I washing the dishes when the phone rang?

62.Was it raining yesterday evening?

63.Was it raining yesterday evening?

64.Was Sarah needing a friend to talk to?

65.Was she dancing with you?

66.Was she reading the book when they came?

67.We were drinking tea.

68.We were eating when our friends showed up.

69.We were going to cinema yesterday at this time.

70.We were not doing homework.

71.We were not going to swim.

72.Were the children laughing?

73.Were the students drawing beautiful pictures when the teacher entered the classroom?

74.Were they studying math yesterday?

75.Were they watching TV?

76.Were you cooking the meal?

77.Were you crying while he was laughing?

78.Were you listening to me?

79.Were you watching television last night?

80.What were you buying from the grocery store?

81.When her husband came home, the woman had been cleaning the house for hours.

82.When Michael was playing video games, Richard was studying.

83.When the fire started I was watching television.

84.When we arrived he was having a bath.

85.Which tea was he brewing?

86.While I was sleeping, my father fixed the car.

87.While I was studying at University, I met her.

88.While Mary was sleeping I was making a cake.

89.While my father was fixing the car, I watched him.

90.While my mother was preparing dinner, I went out.

91.Why was Gregor thinking about Emma’s beauty? He didn’t have any idea.

92.Why were you talking about this problem to me?

93.Yesterday at this time, It was snowing lightly.

94.You had not been studying English all day.

95.You were going.

96.You were not doing that at that time.

97.You were staying at home.

98.You were studying chemistry all day yesterday.

99.You were watching television last night.

100.You were watching television last night.