English 7 · Unit 8: In the news · Cambridge Global English Stage 7

8.G4 Past continuous

20 questions · e.g. What ____ at six o'clock yesterday? (you / do)

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Questions

1. Rule: we form the past continuous with ____ / were + the present participle.
- has
- is
- was
- be
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2. Rule: we form the present participle with the verb + ____.
- -ed
- -ing
- -s
- -en
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3. A: What ____ at six o'clock yesterday? (you / do)
- did you doing
- you were doing
- were you doing
- was you doing
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4. B: I ____ something on TV… (watch)
- watched
- was watching
- am watching
- were watching
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5. …and I ____ my homework at the same time. (do)
- doing
- did
- were doing
- was doing
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6. A: I ____ to call you. (try)
- was try
- tried to
- was trying
- were trying
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7. I ____ you could help me with my homework! (hope)
- was hope
- hoping
- were hoping
- was hoping
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8. B: Sorry. My sisters ____ to their friends on my mobile for ages. (talk)
- were talking
- talking
- was talking
- were talk
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9. And then they ____ games on it. (play)
- were play
- playing
- was playing
- were playing
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10. A: Luckily, my brother ____ football that evening, so he helped me. (not play)
- wasn't playing
- didn't playing
- wasn't play
- weren't playing
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11. Dad ____ to work when he saw an old friend from school. (drive)
- were driving
- drove
- was driving
- was drive
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12. They ____ tennis when it started to rain. (play)
- were play
- played
- was playing
- were playing
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13. She ____ breakfast when the doorbell rang. (make)
- made
- was making
- were making
- was make
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14. I ____ asleep when I suddenly remembered her name. (fall)
- was falling
- were falling
- fell
- was fall
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15. Which sentence is correct?
- How fast did you go when you were falling off your bike?
- How fast you were going when you fell off your bike?
- How fast were you go when you fell off your bike?
- How fast were you going when you fell off your bike?
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16. Which sentence is correct?
- They were leaving the beach when they heard a scream.
- They left the beach when they were hearing a scream.
- They leaving the beach when they heard a scream.
- They were leave the beach when they heard a scream.
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17. Which sentence is correct?
- He was eat the cake when I didn't look.
- He ate the cake when I wasn't look.
- He eating the cake when I wasn't looking.
- He ate the cake when I wasn't looking.
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18. Which sentence is correct?
- I was finding this ring when I dug in the garden.
- I was found this ring when I was digging in the garden.
- I found this ring when I digging in the garden.
- I found this ring when I was digging in the garden.
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19. Which sentence is correct?
- Was she visiting Vietnam when she travelled around Asia?
- Did she visit Vietnam when she travelling around Asia?
- Did she visit Vietnam when she was travelling around Asia?
- Did she visited Vietnam when she was travelling around Asia?
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20. Which sentence is correct?
- The sun were shining all week.
- The sun was shining all week.
- The sun was shine all week.
- The sun shining all week.
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