English past continuous tense test 02

English Past Continuous Tense - Test 02

Questions
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4.

There was a strong smell and the sound of frying. Obviously Mrs Jones ______
(cook) fish.
A.

was cooking

B.

were cooking

C.

was cookying

The director didn't allow the actors to travel by air while they _____ (work) on the
film.
A.

was working

B.

were working

Two men _____ (fight) at a street comer and a policeman _____ (try) to stop them.
A.

were fighting/were trying

B.

were fighting/was tring

C.

was fighting/were trying

D.

were fighting/was trying

The exam had just begun and the candidates _____ (write) their names at the top of
their papers.
A.

were writing

B.

was writing

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9.

He said that he was the captain of a ship which _____ (sail) that night for Marseilles.
A.

were sailing

B.

was sailing

As she _____ (climb) the ladder it slipped sideways and she fell off it.
A.

were climbing

B.

was climbing

They had taken off the wheel of the car and _____ (mend) the puncture. I asked when
it would be ready.
A.

were mending

B.

was mending

The airplane in which the football team _____ (travel) crashed soon after taking off.
A.

was traveling

B.

was travelling

C.

were traveling

D.

were travelling

My wife and I _____ (talk) about you the other day.
A.

was talking

B.

were talking

10. Where he _____ (live) when you saw him last?
A.

was he living

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B.

were he living

C.

was he liveing

D.

were he liveing

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