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Past Continuous tense

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.


John, __________ the floor at this time yesterday?

a)

Did you sweep

b)

Were you sweeping

2.

he .............. the guitar when his mom came home

a)

play

b)

is playing

c)

was playing

d)

plays

3.

the students ................ when the principal arrived.

a)

fight

b)

was fighting

c)

fights

d)

all questions are true

4.

he..........when the teacher came

a)

was cheating

b)

is cheating

c)

cheat

d)

cheats

5.

I.........when my mom opend the door

a)

was read

b)

read

c)

is reading

d)

was reading

6.

He ___________ reading a book before being interrupted.

a)

Was

b)

Were

7.

I ________ watching TV when my parents arrived.

a)

Were not

( Weren't)

b)

Was not ( Wasn't)

8.

They ____ their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock

a)

wasn't doing

b)

weren't doing

c)

wasn't do

d)

were'nt doing

9.

My parents ____ when I came home.

a)

was work

b)

were work

c)

was working

d)

were working

10.

In 2010, we ____ in a small flat in London.

a)

were living

b)

was live

c)

were live

d)

was living

11.

She ____ to music when I called.

a)

were listening

b)

was listen

c)

was listening

d)

wasn't listening

12.
Why _____ he having lunch at 4pm?
a)
was
b)
does
c)
were
13.
______ they swimming when the phone rang?
a)
Were
b)
Are
c)
Do
d)
Did
14.
We _____ sleeping when the police came.
a)
was
b)
weren't
c)
wasn't
15.

Mike: Hi Clara, what were you doing last night ?

Clara: I ______ music

a)

was listening

b)

listened

c)

am listening

d)

am listen

16.

I _____ to him when he spoke in front of the class.

a)

wasn't listen

b)

wasn't listening

c)

not listening

d)

not listen

17.
_____ you still working at 7pm last night?
a)
Were
b)
Are
c)
Was
18.

She __________ when I entered the kitchen.

a)

is cooking

b)

was cooking

c)

were cooking

19.
My brother and sister _____ playing tennis at 11am yesterday. 
a)
was
b)
are
c)
were
20.

Mr. Adam was ___________ dinner at 6 o'clock yesterday evening.

a)

had

b)

have

c)

having

21.

At 6.20 am today, my father _____ driving to send me to school.

a)

was

b)

am

c)

were

22.

Yesterday, at six my mother ___________ dinner.

a)

was making

b)

were making

c)

is making

23.

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

a)

are waiting

b)

was waiting

c)

were waiting

24.

My parents ____ (work) when I came home.

a)

was work

b)

were work

c)

was working

d)

were working

25.
My brother and sister _____ playing tennis at 11am yesterday. 
a)
was
b)
are
c)
were
26.
_____ you still working at 7pm last night?
a)
Were
b)
Are
c)
Was
27.
At 8.30am today I _____ driving to work.
a)
was
b)
am
c)
were
28.
Why _____ he having lunch at 4pm?
a)
was
b)
does
c)
were
29.

I ... helping them 3 hours ago

a)

Were

b)

Is

c)

Was

d)

Were

30.

Tia called me, when i ... ... my sister

a)

Was helped

b)

Was helping

c)

Were helped

d)

Are helping

31.

I _____ at 5 a.m.

a)

was sleeping

b)

slept

c)

am sleeping

d)

sleep

32.

Katy and Candy _____ computer games at 8 this morning.

a)

play

b)

played

c)

were playing

d)

are playing

33.

The phone rang while I (have) ........breakfast.

a)

was having

b)

were having

c)

was have

d)

were have

34.

The students ____ _____ very loudly when the teacher came.

a)

are talk

b)

are talking

c)

was talk

d)

were talking

35.

Sara ____ ____ at college when she had a baby.

a)

is study

b)

is studying

c)

was studying

d)

was study

36.

What ____ you ____ when the accident happened?

a)

are, do

b)

are, doing

c)

was, do

d)

were, doing

37.

When I looked in the window, some people ____ ____ lunch.

a)

was eat

b)

were eat

c)

were eating

d)

was eating

38.

Why ____ you listening when the manager told you what to do?

a)

was

b)

wasn't

c)

weren't

d)

aren't

39.

My brother fell asleep while he ___ ____.

a)

was drive

b)

were drove

c)

was driving

d)

were driving

40.

Nobody ___ ___ when the thief stole the laptop.

a)

was watching

b)

were watching

c)

was watched

d)

were watched

41.

Were you ____ dinner when I called you?

a)

eat

b)

eaten

c)

ate

d)

eating

42.

The people on the plane ____ ____ when it almost crashed.

a)

was sleep

b)

was sleeping

c)

were sleep

d)

were sleeping

43.

What was she doing?

a)

She was running.

b)

She ran.

c)

She running.

d)

She was runing.

44.

I ____ my work at six o'clock yesterday.

a)

finish

b)

finished

c)

finishes

d)

was finishing

45.
They ________ TV when I came.
a)
were watching
b)
were watched
c)
watched
46.

The villagers __________ to town when the sky turned grey.

a)

is walking

b)

are walking

c)

was walking

d)

were walking

47.

Yesterday at the picnic, I ______(drink) some mango juice when Maggie bumped into me!

a)

drink

b)

drank

c)

was drinking

d)

drinking

48.

At 8.30 a.m. today, I _____ driving to work.

a)

am

b)

was

c)

were

d)

are

49.

Snow _____ lightly. Suddenly a reindeer appeared.

a)

fell

b)

were falling

c)

falling

d)

was falling

50.
What did you say? I _______________ to you. 
a)
am not listening
b)
wasn't listening
c)
didn't listening
d)
don't listen
51.

When I phoned my friends, they ........ monopoly

a)

Played

b)

Playing

c)

Were playing

d)

Are playing

52.

(she / go) ________out to dinner when you saw her?

a)

did she gone

b)

did she went

c)

were she going

d)

was she going

53.

Hello Anna, what _______ (you / do) when I called you last night?

a)

do you do

b)

did you do

c)

didn't do

d)

were you doing

54.

When he opened the window, it __________ (snow).

a)

was snowed

b)

was snowing

c)

were snowing

d)

snowed

55.

How many people ___________(stand) in front of the company when she arrived?

a)

were standing

b)

was standing

c)

standed

d)

stantsted

56.

She met them at the station while she _________ (wait) for her train.

a)

was waiting

b)

were waiting

c)

waited

d)

wanted

57.
My brother and sister _____ playing tennis at 11am yesterday. 
a)
was
b)
are
c)
were
58.
_____ you still working at 7pm last night?
a)
Were
b)
Are
c)
Was
59.

Where … you meeting your client at 10 o’clock yesterday?

a)

were

b)

was

60.

Someone tried to steal her phone while she … for a railway ticket.

a)

was queuing

b)

queued

61.

My sister and I … walking on the beach at 5 pm last week

a)

were

b)

was

62.

At 7 this morning he … breakfast with his kids.

a)

is eating

b)

was eating

63.

When I saw you in the shop last night, you …………… your new hat.

a)

don’t wear

b)

weren’t wearing

c)

haven’t been wearing

d)

haven’t worn

64.

We ……… in the classroom, when the headmaster entered

a)

have all been sitting

b)

don’t sit

c)

were all sitting

d)

are all sitting

65.

.................. when I came ?

a)

were he sleeping

b)

was he sleeping

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