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Past continuous

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____ ______ ______ in Arvin? No, I wasn't living there.

a)

You were living in Arvin?

b)

Were you living in Arvin?

c)

Were living you in Arvin?

2.

Where ____ _____ _______? I was living in Bakersfield.

a)

Where you were living?

b)

Where were you living?

c)

Where were living were?

3.

Were you crying?

a)

No, I no was crying.

b)

No, I wasn't crying.

c)

No, I was no crying.

4.

Was she living in Arvin?

No, _____ _____ ______ there.

a)

No, she wasn't living there.

b)

No, she weren't living there.

c)

No, she no was living there.

d)

No, she no were living there.

5.

Where _____ ______ _______? They were living in Los Angeles at the time.

a)

Where they living were?

b)

Where were they living?

c)

Where they were living?

d)

Were where they living?

6.

Were they living in Spain? No, _____ _______.

a)

No, they won't.

b)

No, they wasn't.

c)

No, they weren't.

7.

Why ____ ______ _______? I was crying because I was sad.

a)

Why was he crying?

b)

Why were you crying?

c)

Why you were crying?

d)

Why he was crying?

8.

Why were they crying? ______ ______ ______ because they are babies.

a)

They were crying because they are babies.

b)

Were they crying because they are babies.

c)

They crying because they are babies.

9.

Was she crying? No, ____ ______ _______.

a)

No, she wasn't crying.

b)

No, she no was crying.

c)

No, she weren't crying.

10.

How long _____ ______ _______? You were sleeping for five hours!

a)

How long were you sleeping?

b)

How long was I sleeping?

c)

How long were they sleeping?

11.

How long _____ ______ _______? You were working for eight hours.

a)

How long was I working?

b)

How long were you working?

c)

How long were they working?

12.

_____ ________ _______ at the store? No, I wasn't working there.

a)

Was I working at the store?

b)

Were you working at the store?

c)

Were we working at the store?

d)

Was he working at the store?

13.

What _____ ______ _______? You were eating onions.

a)

What were you eating?

b)

What were they eating?

c)

What was I eating?

d)

What I was eating?

14.

What ____ ______ _______? I was reading a magazine.

a)

What you were reading?

b)

What were reading?

c)

What were you reading?

15.

Were you thinking about me? No, _____ ______ ______ ______ you!

a)

No, I was no thinking about you!

b)

No, I was not thinking about you!

c)

No, I were not thinking about you.

d)

No, I were not thinking about you.

16.

What _____ ______ doing? They were practicing soccer.

a)

What they were doing?

b)

What were they doing?

c)

What they doing?

d)

What was they doing?

17.

How long ____ ______ ________? He was studying for three hours.

a)

How long was he studying?

b)

How long studying he was?

c)

How long he was studying?

18.

What _____ _______ _________? She was studying physics.

a)

What was studying?

b)

What was she study?

c)

What was she studying?

d)

What she was studying?

19.

Why ____ ______ _______? I was laughing because you were funny.

a)

Why you were laughing?

b)

Why were you laughing?

c)

Why laughing you were?

d)

Laughing why you were?

20.

Were you waiting a long time? No, _____ _______.

a)

No, I wasn't.

b)

No, I weren't.

c)

No, I was.

d)

No, I were.

21.

How long _____ _____ _______? I was waiting for six minutes.

a)

How long you was waiting?

b)

How long you were waiting?

c)

How long were you waiting?

d)

How long was you waiting?

22.

Why ____ _____ _______ so long? We were waiting so long because Fred had to go to the bathroom.

a)

Why we were waiting so long?

b)

Why were waiting so long?

c)

Why were we waiting so long?

d)

Why waiting so long?

23.

Who ____ ______ _____ _______? She was thinking about her husband.

a)

Who she was thinking about?

b)

Who was she thinking about?

c)

Who was thinking about?

d)

Who were she thinking about?

24.

What kind of cookies _______ _______ ________? They were making chocolate chip cookies.

a)

What kind of cookies were they making?

b)

What kind of cookies they were making?

c)

What kind of cookies making were they?

25.

Were John and Mary fighting? No, ____ _______.

a)

No, he wasn't.

b)

No, she wasn't.

c)

No, they weren't.

d)

No, we weren't.

26.

____ ______ _______ Pokemon? No, I wasn't watching that show.

a)

You were watching Pokemon.

b)

Was you watching Pokemon?

c)

Were you watching Pokemon?

d)

You was watching Pokemon.

27.

What ____ _____ _____ about? We were talking about the vacation.

a)

What were we talking about?

b)

What we were talking about?

c)

Talking about we were what?

d)

What was we talking about?

28.

______ _______ _________? No, it wasn't working.

a)

Was she working?

b)

Was he working?

c)

Was it working?

d)

Were they working?

29.

What ______ _______ ________? She was studying science.

a)

What was studying?

b)

What was she studying?

c)

What she was studying?

d)

What was she study?

30.

What _____ ______ ________ _______? They were looking for the criminal.

a)

What they were looking for?

b)

What were they looking for?

c)

What were looking for?

31.

What _____ ______ _______? I was watching a cartoon.

a)

What

b)

were

c)

you

d)

watching

e)

?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
32.

What _____ _______ ________? They were saying good things.

a)

What

b)

were

c)

they

d)

saying

e)

?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
33.

What _____ ______ ______ ______? We were talking about our vacation.

a)

What

b)

were

c)

we

d)

talking

e)

about?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
34.

What ______ you guys _______ ________? We were talking about you.

a)

What

b)

were

c)

you guys /

you /

you two /

you all

d)

talking

e)

about?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
35.

Were you hitting your sister? No, ____ _____ ______ her.

a)

No,

b)

I

c)

wasn't

d)

hitting

e)

her.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
36.
a)

What were

b)

you doing?

c)

I

d)

was

e)

studying.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
37.

Were you taking off your jacket? / ______ you _____ your jacket _______? Yes, I was.

a)

Were

b)

you

c)

taking

d)

your jacket

e)

off?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
38.

Why _____ ______ _______ it _______? I was taking it off because I'm hot.

a)

Why

b)

were

c)

you taking

d)

it

e)

off?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
39.

Was he taking out the trash? / ______ he _____ the trash _______? Yes, he was.

a)

Was

b)

he

c)

taking

d)

the trash

e)

out?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
40.

Were you taking candy out of the jar? No, ____ _____ _______ candy ______.

a)

No,

b)

I wasn't

c)

taking

d)

candy

e)

out

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
41.

What _____ _____ ______ _______? I was taking cookies out.

a)

What

b)

were

c)

you

d)

taking

e)

out?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
42.

What _____ ______ ______ ______ ______? She was getting rid of her old clothes.

a)

What

b)

was

c)

she

d)

getting rid

e)

of?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
43.

What _____ ______ ______ ________? They were taking down the posters.

a)

What

b)

were

c)

they

d)

taking

e)

down?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
44.
a)

Were

b)

you

c)

singing?

d)

Yes,

e)

I was.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
45.

What _____ ______ ________? I was singing my favorite song.

a)

What

b)

were

c)

you

d)

singing

e)

?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
46.

What ______ ______ ________? She was singing her favorite song.

a)

What

b)

was

c)

she

d)

singing

e)

?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
47.

What song ______ ______ ________? I was singing "You Raise Me Up."

a)

What

b)

song

c)

were

d)

you

e)

singing?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
48.

What song ______ ______ ________? She was singing "You Raise Me Up."

a)

What

b)

song

c)

was

d)

she

e)

singing?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
49.

How long ____ _____ _______? I was waiting for about five minutes.

a)

How

b)

long

c)

were

d)

you

e)

waiting?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
50.

Were you waiting a long time? No, ____ _____ _____ very long.

a)

No,

b)

I

c)

wasn't

d)

waiting

e)

very long.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
51.

Adela ________ the guitar while the other girls ___________.

a)

is playing ... were singing

b)

was plaing ... were singing

c)

was playing ... were singing

d)

playing ... singing

52.

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

a)

is raining

b)

was raining

c)

were raining

d)

was rained

53.

She __________ when I entered the room.

a)

is dancing

b)

was dancing

c)

was danced

d)

are dancing

54.

Adela ________ the guitar while the other girls ___________.

a)

is playing ... were singing

b)

was plaing ... were singing

c)

was playing ... were singing

d)

playing ... singing

55.

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

a)

is raining

b)

was raining

c)

were raining

d)

was rained

56.

She __________ when I entered the room.

a)

is dancing

b)

was dancing

c)

was danced

d)

are dancing

57.

The athletes _________ very hard for the sports all last week.

a)

are practising

b)

was practising

c)

did practising

d)

were practising

58.

I _________ my homework when Anis phoned.

a)

was did

b)

was doing

c)

am doing

d)

were doing

59.

When he was a baby, he _____ always _________.

a)

is ... crying

b)

was ... crying

c)

were ... cried

d)

was ... criing

60.

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

a)

are waiting

b)

was waiting

c)

were waited

d)

were waiting

61.

They ________ TV when I came.

a)

weren't watching

b)

weren't watched

c)

didn't watching

d)

don't watching

62.

I _______ (make) a sandwich when the phone rang.

a)

am making

b)

was making

c)

is making

d)

were making

63.

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

a)

drink

b)

were drinking

c)

was drinking

d)

drinking

64.

Susan ______(play) the piano when someone knocked on the door.

a)

was playing

b)

is playing

c)

playing

d)

was played

65.
Shin Yee ____________from one room to the next room because she was so excited to be in her new house .
a)
running
b)
was running
c)
were running
d)
is running
66.
Fendi and his friend______________to the teacher a minute ago. 
a)
were talking 
b)
are talking 
c)
was talking 
d)
is talking 
67.

He ______ the table while his mother ______.

a)

was setting / was cooking

b)

was set / cooked

c)

set / is cooking

d)

is setting / was cooking

68.

_____ you _____ football at 2 p.m. last Saturday?

a)

Were ... playing

b)

Was ... playing

c)

Are ... playing

d)

Do ... playing

69.
What did you say? I _______________ to you. 
a)
am not listening
b)
wasn't listening
c)
didn't listening
d)
don't listen
70.

My sister and I … up Mt. Lemmon at 5 pm yesterday evening.

a)

were hiking

b)

was hiked

c)

was hiking

d)

were hiked

71.

...he … breakfast with his kids at 7 this morning?

a)

Is ... eating

b)

Did ... eating

c)

Was ... eating

d)

Are ... eating

72.

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

a)

don’t wearing

b)

weren’t wearing

c)

haven’t been wearing

d)

didn't wearing

73.

As we ___________ into the bank, I saw a wallet on the floor.

a)

are walking

b)

were walking

c)

were walked

d)

was waling

74.

You ....... visiting your friends

a)

was

b)

were

c)

are

d)

is

75.

........ she reading a magazine when Peter arrived?

a)

were

b)

was

c)

do

d)

did

76.

They ............... watching a film yesterday afternoon

a)

weren`t

b)

wasn`t

c)

don`t

d)

isn`t

77.

Ann ................. cleaning her room when her mother called her

a)

weren`t

b)

doesn`t

c)

didn`t

d)

wasn`t

78.

We were ................ around the park

a)

climb

b)

doesn`t run

c)

running

d)

is eating

79.

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

a)

were play

b)

was playing

c)

were playing

d)

was play

80.

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

a)

was not doing

b)

were not doing

c)

was not do

81.

My parents ____ (work) when I came home.

a)

My parents was work when I came home.

b)

My parents were work when I came home.

c)

My parents was working when I came home.

d)

My parents were working when I came home.

82.

In 2010, we ____ (live) in a small flat in London.

a)

were living

b)

was live

c)

were live

d)

was living

83.

cooking / she / arrived / was / I / when

a)

Was She cooking when I arrived.

b)

She was cooking when I arrived.

c)

She cooking was when I arrived.

84.

They were (a)   soccer in the park

85.

Mary and Thomas (a)   drinking coffee near to the Hospital

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