Past Continuous Exercises

What's the past continuous tense used for?Choose the correct answer:

To describe an action that happened in the past
To describe an action that is happening now
To describe an action that will happen in the future

What's the structure of the past continuous tense?Choose the correct answer:

Subject + was/were + verb + ing
Subject + had + verb + ing
Subject + will + verb + ing

Fill in the blank: She ____ eating dinner when the phone rang.Choose the correct answer:

Was
Were
Had

What's the negative form of the past continuous tense?Choose the correct answer:

Subject + was/were + not + verb + ing
Subject + had + not + verb + ing
Subject + will + not + verb + ing

What's an example of the past continuous tense?Choose the correct answer:

She was eating dinner.
She had eating dinner.
She will eating dinner.

What's the past continuous form of the verb 'go'?Choose the correct answer:

Goed
Went
Was going

Fill in the blank: They ____ to the store when it started to rain.Choose the correct answer:

Goed
Went
Were going

What's the past continuous form of the verb 'read'?Choose the correct answer:

Readed
Read
Was reading

What's an example of the past continuous tense in a sentence?Choose the correct answer:

She was eating dinner when the phone rang.
She had eating dinner when the phone rang.
She will eating dinner when the phone rang.

What's the past continuous form of the verb 'talk'?Choose the correct answer:

Talked
Talk
Was talking