过去进行时表示过去在某一时间段或某一段时间内正在发生或进行的.动作或状态。以下是小编整理的过去进行时训练习题，希望对大家有所帮助
一、用动词的适当形式填空
1. While we __________ (wait) for the bus, a girl __________ (run) up to us.
2. I __________ (telephone) a friend when Bob __________ (come) in.
3. Jim __________ (jump) on the bus as it __________ (move) away.
4. We __________ (test) the new machine when the electricity __________ (go) off.
5. She __________ (not want) to stay in bed while the others ________________ (all, work) in the fields.
6. While mother ________ (put) Cathy to bed, the door bell ________ (ring).
7. As I __________ (walk) in the park, it __________ (begin) to rain.
8. Even when she ___________ (be) a child she ________________ (already, think) of becoming a ballerina (芭蕾舞演员).
9. It was quite late at night. George __________ (read) and Amy __________ (ply) her needle when they __________ (hear) a knock at the door.
10. There __________ (be) a group round the fire when they __________ (reach) it. An old woman __________ (sit) on the ground near the kettle; two small children __________ (lie) near her; a donkey __________ (bend) his head over a tall girl.
11. I _____ (have) my breakfast at half past six yesterday morning.
12. Mary _____ (go) over her lessons from six to seven last night. John and peter ____(do) the same thing.
13. What _____ you ___ (do) at that time? We _____ (watch) TV.
14. Was your father at home yesterday evening? Yes ,he was. He _____ (listen) to the radio.
15. They _____(not make) a model ship when I saw him.
16. _____ they ____ (have) a meeting at 4 yesterday afternoon?
No, they _____. They _____ (clean) the classroom.
17. ______ it ______(rain) when you left school? Yes, it ____. (No, it ____)
18. What _____ your father _____ (do) when he was your age?
19. One day, Edison _____ (wait) for a train to arrive, and suddenly a little boy ran to the track(轨道) to play.
20. He asked me if I ______ (go) fishing that afternoon.
21. The three of them were in a hurry because their plane _____ (leave) in five minutes.
22. In a letter, john told us that he _____ (come) to china next month.
23. When the bell rang, jenny _____ (wait) in her seat.
24. She _____ (make) her dress the whole afternoon.
25. While my father ____ (look) through the evening paper, he suddenly ____ a cry.
26. When I ____ (come) in the room, he ____ (see) me, for he ____ (read) something
27. When we _____ (arrive) at the village, it _____ (get) dark and it _____ (rain) hard.
28. I _____ (know) you ____(wait) for me here.
29. One day a little monkey ____(play) in a tall tree. A mother crocodile(鳄鱼) ____ (look) for food near the bank.
30. What ____ your father ____ (do) yesterday evening? He ____ (study) at the evening school.
31. Later his parents found that he _____ (sit) on some eggs.
32. When he knocked at the door, my aunt ____ (cook)
33. The students ______ (sing) and ____ (dance) happily on the playground at that time.
34. I ____ (write) a letter when the door bell rang.
35. We had no classed at that time. We ____ (plant) trees.
