Past Continuous Tense Quiz

What were you doing at 8 p.m. last night? I _______ TV.

• was watched

• were watching

• was watching

• watched

She _______ dinner when the phone rang.

• is cooking

• was cooking

• were cooking

• cooks

They _______ football when it started to rain.

• were playing

• was playing

• are playing

• played

We _______ to music while we were cleaning the house.

• were listened

• was listening

• were listening

• listen

He _______ to school when he met his friend.

• was walked

• was walking

• were walking

• walked

While we _______ a movie, the lights went out.

• watched

• was watching

• were watching

• are watching

I _______ when you called me last night.

• was sleep

• were sleeping

• was sleeping

• am sleeping

They _______ when the teacher entered the classroom.

• were talking

• was talked

• talk

• were talked

The students _______ their homework when the bell rang.

• were doing

• was doing

• do

• did

While I _______ home, it started to rain.

• was walk

• were walking

• walking

• was walking