Past Continuous vs Past Simple

1. I ________ dinner when the phone rang.

a) was cooking

b) cooked

c) was cook

d) were cooking

2. While we ________ for the bus, it started to snow.

a) waited

b) were waiting

c) was waiting

d) were wait

3. She ________ a book when I arrived home.

a) read

b) were reading

c) was reading

d) was read

4. They ________ football when it suddenly started raining.

a) played

b) was playing

c) were play

d) were playing

5. What is the correct form of Past Continuous?

a) was + verb

b) was/were + verb-ing

c) verb-ed

d) have + verb-ing

6. He ________ to work when he saw the accident.

a) was driving

b) drove

c) was drive

d) were driving

7. Which sentence uses Past Continuous correctly?

a) I was sleep when you called.

b) She were working yesterday.

c) They were watching TV when the lights went out.

d) He was went to the store.

8. The children ________ in the garden when their mother called them.

a) played

b) was playing

c) were play

d) were playing

9. When do we use Past Continuous?

a) For a sudden event

b) For a longer action that was already in progress

c) For completed actions

d) For future plans

10. I ________ my homework when my friend arrived.

a) did

b) was do

c) was doing

d) were doing

11. What happened suddenly? "I was cycling to work when it ________ raining."

a) started

b) was starting

c) were starting

d) starting

12. Nobody ________ TV when I came home.

a) watched

b) was watching

c) were watching

d) was watch

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