Past Continuous Tense Quiz

Past Continuous Tense

• The Past Continuous Tense describes an action that was ongoing at a specific time in the past.
• The structure of this tense uses was/were + verb ending in -ing.
• Was is used for singular subjects (I, he, she, it).
• Were is used for plural subjects (you, we, they) or for the singular pronoun "you."
• Examples:
  • I was walking (singular subject - I)
  • They were playing (plural subject - they)
  • You were reading (singular pronoun - you)

Examples in the Exam

• The exam contains 10 multiple-choice questions testing the student's understanding of the Past Continuous Tense.
• Each question provides a sentence using the Past Continuous Tense with a blank space for the verb.
• Students must select the correct form of the verb (was/were + verb ending in -ing) to complete the sentence.
• The bonus question asks the student to compose a question in past continuous using the words "what were you doing".

Past Continuous Tense

• The past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were happening at a specific time in the past.
• It uses the structure "was/were + verb + -ing".
• Often used to describe background actions in a story.

Examples

• Yesterday at 5 p.m., I was watching TV.
• They were playing football when it started raining.
• She was listening to music while doing her homework.
• We were having dinner when the phone rang.
• What were you doing at 9 p.m. last night?

Question Formation

• The question form uses "was/were" at the beginning of the sentence.
• "What" is used to ask about the action.

More Example Questions

• What were you doing when the movie started?
• What was she doing while waiting for the bus?
• What were they doing before the rain started?
• What was he doing when the power went out?
• What were you all doing at the time of the announcement?