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Past Continuous

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
My brother and sister _____ playing tennis at 11am yesterday. 
a)
was
b)
are
c)
were
2.
_____ you still working at 7pm last night?
a)
Were
b)
Are
c)
Was
3.

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

Yesterday I ... an interesting book about Ancient Egypt.

a)

read

b)

was reading

c)

were reading

4.

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

I ... an interesting book about Ancient Egypt all evening yesterday

a)

read

b)

was reading

c)

were reading

5.

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

I ... (drive) home when I ... (see) a black cat at the side of the road.

a)

drove, saw

b)

was driving, was seeing

c)

drove, were seeing

d)

was driving, saw

6.

The storm __________while they__________ TV

a)

started/ were watching

b)

was starting/ watched

7.

I ________________ TV when the earthquake ___________

a)

watched / happened

b)

was watching/ happened

8.

It ___________ when we__________ home

a)

was raining / came back

b)

raining / coming

9.

Choose the right affirmative (+) sentence

a)

Anna was playing video games all night long.

b)

Anna want playing video games all night long.

c)

Anna were playing video games all night long

d)

Anna playing video games all night long.

10.

Complete the sentence with the verb in the Past Continuous Tense form.


A: What was that noise last night?

B: I think someone______________ on our neighbour's door.

a)

knocked

b)

knocks

c)

is knocking

d)

was knocking

11.

Write the negative sentence in Past Continuous Tense:

She/home/go

(a)  

12.

Write question in Past Continuous tense:

She / on a chair / sit

(a)  

13.

Choose correct equivalent of the sentence:

Ми вчора з другом переписувалися на Фейсбуці цілий вечір.

a)

My friend and I were chatting on Facebook all evening.

b)

I and my friend was chatting on Facebook all evening.

c)

My friend and I was chatting on Facebook all evening.

14.

В якому реченні обидві дії відбувалися одночасно?

a)

I was watching TV, while you were playing piano

b)

You were playing piano, when I came into the room

15.

В якому реченні подовжена дія була перервана короткочасною?

a)

I was frinking juice, while my friend was eating salad.

b)

When my friend told me a joke, I was drinking juice.

16.

Зробіть речення заперечним

We were writing a test from 9 o'clock till 11 o'clock yesterday.

a)

We not were writing a test from 9 o'clock till 11 o'clock yesterday.

b)

We was not writing a test from 9 o'clock till 11 o'clock yesterday.

c)

We were no writing a test from 9 o'clock till 11 o'clock yesterday.

d)

We were not writing a test from 9 o'clock till 11 o'clock yesterday.

17.

Поставте питання до речення:

The boys were fishing in the river last Saturday.

a)

The boys were fishing in the river last Saturday?

b)

Was the boys fishing in the river last Saturday?

c)

Were the boys fishing in the river last Saturday?

d)

Fishing were the boys in the river last Saturday?

18.
Which tense is this?
"Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music"
a)
Past Simple
b)
Past Continouos
c)
Past Perfect
d)
Past Perfect Continuous
19.

She ____________ her hair, when the telephone__________

a)

washed/rang

b)

was washing/ rang

20.

The policemen_______________ while he_____________________ a cup of tea

a)

arrived/ was making

b)

were arriving/ made

c)

were arriving/was made