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Past Continuous Tense

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
My brother and sister _____ playing tennis at 11am yesterday. 
a)
was
b)
are
c)
were
2.

Tom _____ a new bag yesterday.

a)

buys

b)

bought

c)

was buying

d)

were buying

3.
______ they swimming when the phone rang?
a)
Were
b)
Are
c)
Do
d)
Did
4.
The boys __________ in the badminton court yesterday afternoon.
a)
is playing
b)
was playing
c)
were playing
5.
_____ you still working at 7pm last night?
a)
Were
b)
Are
c)
Was
6.
My brother and sister _____ playing tennis at 11am yesterday. 
a)
was
b)
are
c)
were
7.
At 8.30am today I _____ driving to work.
a)
was
b)
am
c)
were
8.
We _____ sleeping when the police came.
a)
was
b)
weren't
c)
wasn't
9.
Why _____ he having lunch at 4pm?
a)
was
b)
does
c)
were
10.
Somebody threw a shoe at him _____ he was speaking.
a)
after
b)
when
c)
before
11.
They ________ TV when I came.
a)
were watching
b)
were watched
c)
watched
12.
What did you say? I _______________ to you. 
a)
am not listening
b)
wasn't listening
c)
didn't listening
d)
don't listen
13.
______ they swimming when the phone rang?
a)
Were
b)
Are
c)
Do
d)
Did
14.

They ________ to school. (Past Continuous form of "go")

a)

was going

b)

were going

c)

are going

15.

Rohan _______ loudly yesterday evening. (Past Continuous form of "shout")

a)

were shouting

b)

are shouting

c)

was shouting

16.

My brother and sister _____ tennis at 11am yesterday.(Past Continuous form of "play")

a)

was playing

b)

are playing

c)

were playing

17.

My baby brother ______________ loudly so I couldn't do my homework. (Past Continuous form of "cry")

a)

is crying

b)

cried

c)

was crying

18.

Yesterday, at six my mother ___________ dinner. (Past Continuous form of "make")

a)

was making

b)

is making

c)

are making

19.

She __________ while he was sitting. (Past Continuous form of "stand")

a)

were standing

b)

was standing

c)

standing

20.

She __________ when I entered the kitchen.

a)

is cooking

b)

was cooking

c)

were cooking

21.

Peter, John and Rebecca _______________ (wait) for the school bus at 7 o'clock yesterday morning.

a)

are waiting

b)

was waiting

c)

were waiting

22.

She ... Smiling to me yesterday

a)

Was

b)

Where

c)

Is

d)

Were

23.

We ____ (play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock.

a)

were play

b)

was playing

c)

were playing

d)

was play

24.

They ____ (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock

a)

wasn't doing

b)

weren't doing

c)

wasn't do

d)

were'nt doing