Blackout Night

This historical passage describes widespread actions taking place during a citywide blackout. Students read the text and answer comprehension questions using the past continuous tense. The activity illustrates how the tense can describe multiple ongoing actions happening simultaneously during a significant event. Learners practice identifying verbs in context and interpreting narrative details. The worksheet builds connections between grammar and real-world historical scenarios. It strengthens comprehension, grammar application, and critical thinking.

Curriculum Matched Skills

Reading – Historical Comprehension

Grammar – Past Continuous in Narrative Context

Writing – Complete Sentence Responses

Language – Identifying Background Actions

This worksheet is part of our past continuous tense worksheets collection.