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Which option correctly completes the sentence: 'Yesterday at 5 p.m., I ________ TV.'?
Which option correctly completes the sentence: 'Yesterday at 5 p.m., I ________ TV.'?
Which option correctly completes the sentence: 'They ________ football when it started raining.'?
Which option correctly completes the sentence: 'They ________ football when it started raining.'?
Which option correctly completes the sentence: 'She ________ to music while doing her homework.'?
Which option correctly completes the sentence: 'She ________ to music while doing her homework.'?
Which option correctly completes the sentence: 'We ________ dinner when the phone rang.'?
Which option correctly completes the sentence: 'We ________ dinner when the phone rang.'?
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Which option correctly completes the sentence: 'What ________ you ________ at 9 p.m. last night?'?
Which option correctly completes the sentence: 'What ________ you ________ at 9 p.m. last night?'?
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What were you doing when the movie started?
What were you doing when the movie started?
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What was she doing while waiting for the bus?
What was she doing while waiting for the bus?
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What were they doing before the rain started?
What were they doing before the rain started?
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What was he doing when the power went out?
What was he doing when the power went out?
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What were you all doing at the time of the announcement?
What were you all doing at the time of the announcement?
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Study Notes
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?
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Description
Test your knowledge of the Past Continuous Tense with this quiz. It includes multiple-choice questions that require you to complete sentences using the correct form of 'was' or 'were'. A bonus question is also included to challenge your understanding by framing a question in the past continuous tense.
