grade 8: past continuous

Which sentence is in the past continuous tense?

• I eat breakfast at 7 a.m.

• She was reading a book when I called.

• They will go to the park tomorrow.

• He has finished his homework.

What is the correct past continuous form of "She (cook) dinner"?

• She is cooking dinner.

• She cooked dinner.

• She was cooking dinner.

• She has cooked dinner.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past continuous tense:

• They were watching TV when the lights went out.

• They watch TV when the lights went out.

• They had watched TV when the lights went out.

• They are watching TV when the lights went out.

Which of these is NOT an example of the past continuous tense?

• She was walking to the store.

• He was studying for his exams.

• They were playing soccer.

• I went to the market.

Complete the sentence: "While I _____, the phone rang."

• cooked

• cooking

• was cooking

• have cooked

What is the past continuous form of "We (play) football"?

• We played football.

• We are playing football.

• We were playing football.

• We had played football.

Which sentence is correct?

• He was swimming when it started to rain.

• He swim when it started to rain.

• He was swim when it started to rain.

• He swimming when it started to rain.

Choose the correct past continuous sentence:

• She was not liking the movie.

• She was liking the movie.

• She was liked the movie.

• She was watching the movie.

Fill in the blank: "They _____ talking when the teacher entered."

• was

• were

• are

• be

Which option completes the sentence correctly? "I _____ (not sleep) when the alarm rang."

• wasn’t sleeping

• didn’t sleep

• am not sleeping

• wasn’t sleep