Past Continuous Tense

I ... reading a book yesterday morning. Complete with the correct 'be' of the Past Continous.

• was

• am

• were

• is

Create a sentence using 'when' and the past continuous tense.

• I was reading a book when the phone ringed.

• I was reading a book when the phone rang.

• I read a book when the phone was ringing.

• I will read a book when the phone rings.

Which sentence is in the past continuous tense: 'She plays soccer' or 'She was playing soccer'?

• She played soccer

• She is playing soccer

• She plays soccer every day

• She was playing soccer

Combine these clauses using 'when': 'I was eating dinner' and 'the phone rang'.

• I was eating dinner and the phone rang.

• While I was eating dinner, the phone rang.

• The phone rang when I was eating dinner.

• I was eating dinner when the phone rang.

What is the past continuous form of 'to run'?

• running

• was running / were running

• was run

• ran

Fill in the blank: 'They were watching TV when the lights ____ (go) out.'

• went

• was going

• will go

• is going

Identify the tense: 'He was studying while it was raining.'

• Present continuous tense

• Past simple tense

• Future continuous tense

• Past continuous tense

Change this sentence to past continuous: 'I eat breakfast at 8 AM.'

• I was eating breakfast at 8 AM.

• I eat breakfast at 8 AM.

• I am eating breakfast at 8 AM.

• I was eating breakfast at 9 AM.

Write a sentence using 'when' to describe an action that was happening in the past.

• I was reading a book when the phone rang.

• I was reading a book when I eat dinner.

• I will read a book when the phone rings.

• I read a book when the phone is ringing.