Past Continuous

1. 1. While she ___ (read), the phone rang.

• A. was reading
  

• B. is reading
  

• C. read
  

• D. reads

2. 2. They ___ (watch) TV when I arrived.
   

• 2. A. were watching
     

• 2. B. watched
     

• 2. C. are watching
     

• 2. D. had watched

3. 3. What ___ you ___ (do) at 8 p.m. yesterday?
   

• 3. A. were/do
     

• 3. B. are/doing
     

• 3. C. were/doing
     

• 3. D. was/doing

4. 4. I ___ (not sleep) when the alarm went off.
   

• 4. A. was not sleeping
     

• 4. B. did not sleep
     

• 4. C. am not sleeping
     

• 4. D. had not slept

5. 5. I (walk)  ______________down the street when it began to rain.

6. 6. We (sit) ____________  in the café when they saw us.

7. 7. The children ___ (play) in the park at this time yesterday.
   

• 7. A. were playing
     

• 7. B. are playing
     

• 7. C. played
     

• 7. D. play

8. 8. The lorry (go) ____________very fast when it hit our car.

9. 9. He ___ (not listen) to music when I called him.
   

• 9. A. was not listening
     

• 9. B. is not listening
     

• 9. C. did not listen
     

• 9. D. has not listened

10. 10. Mary and I  (dance) _______________the house when the telephone rang.