Past Continuous English

The elderly gardener _______ in the school garden all yesterday evening.

• were digging

• was digging

• is digging

The boys __________ in the field yesterday evening.

• is playing

• was playing

• were playing

The pupils ________model planes this morning.

• are making

• were making

• is making

My grandmother __________ when I entered the kitchen.

• is cooking

• was cooking

• cooked

Danny didn't go out yesterday because it ___________ all day.

• is raining

• was raining

• were raining

The athletes _________ very hard for the National Running Competition last week.

• are practising

• was practising

• were practising

What was the policeman doing at that time?

• He was escaping from the thief.

• He escaped from the thief.

• He was chasing the thief.

• He chased the thief.

What was the thief doing at that time?

• He was chasing the policeman.

• He was escaping from the policeman.

• He chasing the policeman.

• He escaping from the policeman.

My brother and sister _____ playing badminton at 10 am yesterday.

• was

• are

• were

At 6.30 am today, my mother _____ driving to work.

• was

• am

• were