Global MCQ Practice
0 / 61 0 correct 00:00

Past Continuous Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 75

1She ..... when I entered the kitchen.
2I ..... on the phone when you came in.
3In 2015, we ..... live in a small flat in Chicago.
4She ..... her homework when her mother called.
5Convert to past continuous: 'I study for the test.'
6He ..... his homework when his friend arrived.
7We ..... football all afternoon yesterday.
8How do we form the past continuous tense?
9CORRECT VERB TENSE When I saw Jo, he ..... a panic attack. There was a spider in his room.
10I stepped on chewing gum while I ..... to work yesterday morning.
11He ..... playing yesterday in the park.
12Identify the correct tense of the verb in the sentence"Rita was sleeping all day yesterday."
13Select the Past Continuous question form for go home.
14Correct or Not?When I was younger, people were thinking that I was too quiet.
15Yesterday at this time they .....
16What ..... you ..... when the cat jumped?
17George ..... (ride) a bike when it rained.
18I didn't hear my cell because .....
19The candles ..... when the wind blew them out.
20Identify the tense: He was running in the park.
21When he ..... his garden, he found a coin.
22I was doing my homework when a strange thing ..... into the library.
23When my father ..... the room, I ..... mobile legends in my phone.
24Your friend says, 'I was thinking about our science project.' What is the best question to ask to get this information?
25Who were you talking to when I called you yesterday?
26Choose the correct response:I ..... when she arrived.
27I ..... the road when I saw Harry.
28Why do we say "She was studying" instead of "She studied" in the past progressive tense?
29We ..... on the lake when it started to rain so we went home.
30I was ..... near the edge of the road until somebody called my attention.
31We ..... (read) books all morning yesterday because we had to prepare for an examination.
32Identify the tense in: "They were watching TV when I arrived."
33My parents ..... about something when I .....
34I was getting bitten by mosquitoes all night, so I decided to just wake up.
35John went over his notes one final time. He ..... a speech thatevening and knew he had to be fully prepared.
36In July 2010, Abimbola ..... in a restaurant in Queens.
37Several people who refused to leave, ..... on Mount St. Helens when it erupted in 1980.
38My hot chocolate was steaming!
39What ..... at 9 o'clock last night? I phoned you but couldn't get through to you. A. did you do B. were you doing C. would you do D. had you done
40I ..... TV when my mom called me.
41While she was taking her exams, she ..... a terrible headache.
42He answered the phone while he .....
43Put the verb in the correct tense: Past Simple or Past Continuous. I (fix) ..... the toaster while she (clean) ..... the fridge. Choose the correct pair.
44Were they watching the movie?This sentence is an example of:
45What ..... yesterday evening?
46Mark ..... (play) football when it started raining.
47What tense is used here? I was teaching my niece yesterday.
48Form a negative sentence in the past continuous:Milla and Fran /not/ eat pizza / this afternoon
49You ..... (leave) the office when it ..... (start) to rain.
50"They were watching TV when I arrived." is past continuous tense.
51This tense has only three verbs with irregular forms.
52We ..... to the station but the train ..... in that moment.
53Identify the ongoing action: 'He was running' or 'He runs'?
54I was reading a book while my brother ..... the piano.
55While I ..... TV, my mother ..... dinner
56We ..... English when the teacher entered the room.
57What ..... they playing at 6 PM yesterday?
58She ..... her homework when her friend called her.
59The dogs ..... from their bowls this morning. (drink)
60..... attention while the teacher was speaking? (you / pay)
61Our teacher was planning to take us outside, but it was too cold.