Past Continuous Tense Quiz

I ___ (eat/eating/was eating) lunch when my friend called

• eat

• eating

• was eating

They ___ (played/were playing/play) football when it started to rain

• played

• were playing

• play

While she ___ (studies/was studying/studied), the lights went off

• studies

• was studying

• studied

We ___ (was watching/were watching/watched) TV when the doorbell rang

• was watching

• watched

• were watching

He ___ (was running/run/running) when he tripped over a rock

• was running

• run

• running

She ___ (was cooking/cooked/cooks) dinner when the phone rang

• was cooking

• cooked

• cooks

While we ___ (listened/listens/were listening) to music, someone knocked on the door

• listened

• were listening

• listens

They ___ (talked/were talking/was talking) when the teacher entered the class

• talked

• were talking

• was talking

I ___ (was reading/readingl/reads) a book when my mom called me

• was reading

• reading

• reads

He ___ (was writing/wrote/writes) an email when his computer shut down

• wrote

• was writing

• writes