Global MCQ Practice
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Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 11

1While I ..... (cook) dinner, my brother ..... (watch) TV.
2I ..... my homework when my mom came home.
3Choose the best verb form to complete the sentence: This time last week, We ..... for the exam. It was so hot in the examination room.
4He (train) ..... his son to be the next king.
5When I came to her house last night, she .....
6'He ..... (buy) at the supermarket when I ..... (see) him.
7My parents (talk) ..... about the news before our neighbor knocked on the door.
8A) What ..... you ..... (do) when I called you?B) I was taking a shower
9The kids were jumping on the couch!
10The baby was sleeping when you called.
11You ..... basketball when I ..... you.
12While we ..... for the bus, it started to rain heavily.
13He ..... (not/sleep) at 10 p.m. yesterday.
14I ..... at the park when you called.
15Choose ONE mistake in each sentence.What was Andy doing?-He practiced soccer for his school tournament.
16My mom ..... before I arrived. (past progressive)
17He (dream) ..... of becoming the king.
18They ..... playing when the bell rang.
19When I arrived, he ..... TV and she .....
20His young son, Simba, (grow up) ..... up quickly
21..... (the old woman sit) on the bech when the young man stole her bag?
22I could not answer the door because I (HAVE) a shower.
23He ..... (study) hard when his phone ..... (buzz).
24He ..... a book when someone knocked on the door.
25Jobs ..... Reed College for six months before he ..... out.
26They were watching football match last night
27Jimmy ..... in the kitchen when I arrived home.
28While the dog ....., a car ran over it.
29While I ..... to school, I ..... my friend Lee Kwang Soo.
30Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:No, we ..... (not talk) about you when you ..... (come) in.
31Me and my sister ..... at 10 o'clock last night.
32They ..... a picnic when it started to rain.
33We were told that Andrew (go) to enter that college.
34She ..... a book when the telephone rang.
35My parents ..... dinner when I ..... them that I had gotten a medal at a swimming competition.
36Julian ..... an empanada when he heard a knock on the door.
37While I ....., my brother came home.
38Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence: What ..... at 8 PM yesterday? I called but you didn't answer.
39What was she doing last nigth?
40The campers ..... preparing food for dinner for the past three days.
41We ..... reading books in the library when the storm happened.
42Jayna was running quickly through the park. Identify the tense of the verb phrase "was running."
43When I arrived at the station, my parents .....
44My brother and my sister ..... about something when I ..... into the room.
45Lisa ..... some clothes when we saw her.
46Syria ..... for her boyfriend for nearly 2 hours before he came.
47..... you ..... TV last night at 9:00?
48While Steve (watch) ..... a documentary, he (fall) ..... asleep.
49My pet history began when I was five. One summer day, while my mother ..... IRON ..... clothes with the window open, a nice canary flew in. We called it Chirpy and it became our first pet.
50John ..... a book when I saw him
51They ..... home when the saw an accident.
52We ..... maths at this time last week.
53She didn't hear the dog barking outside because she ..... headphones.
54Meg ..... T.V. while her brother was doing his homework.
55It is used for ongoing actions in the past.
56(Past continuous)Caroline ..... when she ..... her leg.
57If the phone rang at 9 p.m. while you were eating dinner, how would you explain it?
58Widya ..... while her mother was washing the vegetables.
59Some of the players ..... while the coach ..... to them.
60Correct or incorrect? He was plant trees in the garden at 4 pm yesterday.
61Fill in the blank with the correct form:They ..... (watch) a movie when the lights went out.