Compléter Fill in the Blanks: Past Continuous Tense for Interrupted ActionsVersion en ligne Test your knowledge of the past continuous tense by filling in the blanks to complete sentences about interrupted actions in the past. par Beth Robinson 1 specific point or interrupted past tense rang past studying were 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 had has They eating together then she to go home . 3 went doing done eating when He was his homework the phone rang . 4 was when He doing his homework the phone rang . 5 called swam started swimming eating She was in the sea then it to rain . 6 were was when could the She sleeping someone knocked on door . 7 watching watched her watch his She was TV when father called . 8 night slept morning were was sleeping While Amy last , someone stole her car . 9 called watched rang when watch were ringing The Johnson's a horror film the doorbell . 10 play played playing telling told was when Sarah was in the garden her mum her to come inside .