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Past Continuous Tense Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I ___ (eat/eating/was eating) lunch when my friend called

a)

eat

b)

eating

c)

was eating

2.

They ___ (played/were playing/play) football when it started to rain

a)

played

b)

were playing

c)

play

3.

While she ___ (studies/was studying/studied), the lights went off

a)

studies

b)

was studying

c)

studied

4.

We ___ (was watching/were watching/watched) TV when the doorbell rang

a)

was watching

b)

watched

c)

were watching

5.

He ___ (was running/run/running) when he tripped over a rock

a)

was running

b)

run

c)

running

6.

She ___ (was cooking/cooked/cooks) dinner when the phone rang

a)

was cooking

b)

cooked

c)

cooks

7.

While we ___ (listened/listens/were listening) to music, someone knocked on the door

a)

listened

b)

were listening

c)

listens

8.

They ___ (talked/were talking/was talking) when the teacher entered the class

a)

talked

b)

were talking

c)

was talking

9.

I ___ (was reading/readingl/reads) a book when my mom called me

a)

was reading

b)

reading

c)

reads

10.

He ___ (was writing/wrote/writes) an email when his computer shut down

a)

wrote

b)

was writing

c)

writes