Completar Frases Fill in the Blanks: Past Continuous Tense for Interrupted ActionsVersión en línea Test your knowledge of the past continuous tense by filling in the blanks to complete sentences about interrupted actions in the past. por Beth Robinson 1 or were past tense rang interrupted when specific point past studying tense The continuous is used to talk about actions that were happening at a in the past . It is formed by using the of the verb 'to be' ( was / ) and the present participle form of the main verb . For example , 'I was the phone . ' In this sentence , the action of studying was interrupted by the phone ringing . This tense is especially useful for describing actions events in the past . 2 was had has were They eating together then she to go home . 3 doing when went eating done He was his homework the phone rang . 4 when was He doing his homework the phone rang . 5 eating swimming called started swam She was in the sea then it to rain . 6 when was the were could She sleeping someone knocked on door . 7 watched watch watching her his She was TV when father called . 8 sleeping morning were night slept was While Amy last , someone stole her car . 9 rang when called ringing watched were watch The Johnson's a horror film the doorbell . 10 play playing when telling told played was Sarah was in the garden her mum her to come inside .