Тема: Past Continuous.
I. While be ＿ his friends were busy watering the flowers in the classroom.
1) sleeps
2) is sleeping
3) was sleeping
II. We
ready for our exams all the evening yesterday.
1) are get
2) are getting
3) were getting
III. She ＿
the piano when her brother came home.
1) is playing
2) does playing
3) was playing
IV. It ＿
hard when we left the theatre and we got wet through.
1) didn't rain
2) was raining
3) was rain
V. What ＿ are ＿ at this time yesterday?
1) did, do
2) was, doing
3) were, doing
VI. Why ＿ you
the computer while you had to do your homework?
1) did, play
2) was, playing
3) were, playing
VII. Can you tell me what the English and the French ＿ for during the Hundred
Years' war.
1) did fight
2) were fighting
3) dud fighting
VIII. Why ＿ she
well all the night yesterday?
1) didn't sleep
2) was, sleep
3) wasn't sleeping
IX. Because the baby ＿ ＿ all the time.
1) were crying
2) didn't cry
3) was crying
X. What ＿ you ＿ during your last English lesson?
1) was, doing
2) are, doing
3) were, doing
XI. He said that Mary ＿
＿ when he came into the library.
1) is reading
2) reads
3) was reading
XII. She said that she ＿ a little girl when she started to learn English.
1) is
2) was
3) were
XIII. We told Pete many times that he ＿
a mistake.
1) will make
2) had made
3) has made
XIV. My mum said that she ＿ swim when she has a little girl.
1) can
2) could
3) would
XV. They always said that it often ＿
in England in autumn.
1) rains
2) rain
3) rained
XVI. They told everyone that there ＿ a lot of gold in the Wild West.
1) is
2) was
3) were
XVII. The teacher said that the pupils ＿
all the questions.
1) had answered
2) have answered
3) were answered
XVIII. The mother asked us to be quiet, because the children ＿
1) are sleeping
2) were sleeping
3) sleep
XIX. The boy said that he ＿
＿ that book some years before.
1) has read
2) have read
3) had read
XX. Granny told us that she ＿
＿ in the garden when the phone rang.
1) is working
2) worked
3) was working