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PAST CONTINUOUS EXERCISES FOR BEGINNERS

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  • Q1
    What is the correct sentence in past continuous tense?
    She was eating breakfast.
    She were eating breakfast.
    She was eat breakfast.
    She is eating breakfast.
    45s
  • Q2
    What is the correct sentence in past continuous tense?
    They was playing football.
    They were playing football.
    They are playing football.
    They were play football.
    45s
  • Q3
    What _____ you doing when I called you?
    are
    were
    be
    was
    45s
  • Q4
    She _____ her homework when the phone rang.
    did
    do
    was doing
    does
    45s
  • Q5
    We _____ a movie when it started to rain.
    were watch
    watched
    watch
    were watching
    45s
  • Q6
    He _____ basketball with his friends when he sprained his ankle.
    were playing
    played
    play
    was playing
    45s
  • Q7
    She _____ to music while she was cleaning her room.
    were listening
    listen
    was listening
    listened
    45s
  • Q8
    What is the difference between the past continuous tense and the past simple tense?
    The past continuous tense describes a completed action in the past, while the past simple tense describes an ongoing action at a specific time in the past.
    The past continuous tense describes an ongoing action at a specific time in the past, while the past simple tense describes a completed action in the past.
    There is no difference between the two tenses.
    The past continuous tense describes a future action, while the past simple tense describes a past action.
    60s
  • Q9
    Which sentence uses the past continuous tense incorrectly?
    He was working when I saw him.
    He was walking when I saw him.
    He was talking when I saw him.
    He was worked when I saw him.
    45s
  • Q10
    What is the past continuous tense of 'I am walking'?
    I am walkinged
    I had walked
    I was walking
    I have walked
    45s
  • Q11
    Which sentence is in the past continuous tense?
    I watch TV every day.
    I will watch TV tomorrow.
    I watched TV yesterday.
    I was watching TV when you called.
    45s
  • Q12
    Which sentence is in the past continuous tense?
    They were listening to music while they studied.
    They listened to music yesterday.
    They will listen to music tomorrow.
    They listen to music every day.
    30s
  • Q13

    Write a past continuous sentence: My mother / read / a novel

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    60s
  • Q14

    Write a past continuous sentence: My father / watch / a movie

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    60s
  • Q15

    write a sentence in past continuous:When I phoned my friends, they (play)  ___________ monopoly.

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    45s

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