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PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We __________ dinner last night when we heard a loud explosion.

a)

are having

b)

had had

c)

had been having

d)

were having

2.

The farmers __________ the field when it began to pour.

a)

were ploughing

b)

had ploughed

c)

had been ploughing

d)

ploughed

3.

I could not sleep as the noise __________ on all night.

a)

had gone

b)

is going

c)

had been going

d)

was going

4.

My mother __________ the whole of yesterday evening.

a)

had been knitting

b)

was knitting

c)

is knitting

d)

had knitted

5.

The bird flew in as he __________ the windows.

a)

closed

b)

had closed

c)

had been closing

d)

was closing

6.

I __________ along that road when I spotted a little puppy.

a)

was driving

b)

had driven

c)

drove

d)

had been driving

7.

As I ___________ a shower, my parents came home.

a)

was taking

b)

had been taking

c)

took

d)

had taken

8.

When you called, I __________ the newspaper.

a)

had been reading

b)

was reading

c)

had read

d)

read

9.

While my grandparents __________ dumplings, I __________ cookies.

a)

made...was baking

b)

were making...baked

c)

were making...was baking

d)

had made...baked

10.

I __________ in my room while you __________ at the top of your voice.

a)

was studying...screamed

b)

studied...were screaming

c)

studied...screamed

d)

was studying...were screaming

11.

Fill in the blank with the past continuous tense of the word in the bracket.

It rained when we (a)   (play) football.

12.

They (a)   (fight) when the teacher came in.

13.

Sarah (a)   (run) when I saw her.

14.

John and Joe (a)   (hide) in the bushes when we found them.

15.

Grace (a)   (sing) when Mrs Tish came in.

16.

The cat (a)   (chase) the birds in the garden this morning.

17.

He (a)   (do) his homework when his mother called him.

18.

The boys (a)   (play) football on the field when it rained.

19.

We (a)   (watch) television when the lights went out.

20.

Ayan (a)   (listen) to the radio a while ago.

21.

My sister (a)   sleeping when my grandparents went home.

22.

The students (a)   listening to audio materials when the headmaster knocked on the door.

23.

My aunt (a)   writing her first novel in 2019

24.

Sinta and her mother (a)   shopping when the accident happened

25.

My sister (a)   sleeping when my grandparents went home.( - )

26.

Fina was .............. to me when her mother called

a)

talk

b)

talking

c)

talked

d)

talks

27.

My mother was .............. ,when I came

a)

cooking

b)

cooked

c)

cooks

d)

cook

28.

The farmers were ........... paddy at the last rain season

a)

planted

b)

Plant

c)

planting

d)

plans

29.

They were ........... football

a)

play

b)

plays

c)

played

d)

playing

30.

She was .............. garbage

a)

Thrown

b)

Throwing

c)

Throw

d)

Throws