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 rang interrupted specific point were past studying or past tense when 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 were has had They eating together then she to go home . 3 went doing eating done when He was his homework the phone rang . 4 was when He doing his homework the phone rang . 5 called started swam eating swimming She was in the sea then it to rain . 6 when were was the could She sleeping someone knocked on door . 7 her his watch watched watching She was TV when father called . 8 was morning night were sleeping slept While Amy last , someone stole her car . 9 were called when ringing watch rang watched The Johnson's a horror film the doorbell . 10 play was played when telling playing told Sarah was in the garden her mum her to come inside .