Past Continuous Exercises, ESL grammar game

Past continuous exercises, ESL game on learning how to make sentences in English language based on fundamental rules of forming the past continuous tense. Resource for homeschool and classroom use by teachers and students. Have fun with this ESL duel game.

Sentences containing the past continuous tense.

1.    I _____ _______ television when the doorbell rang.
a.    Was watching
b.    Is watch
c.    Was watch
d.    Is watching
2.    The children _______ _________ in the park, but the rain started.
a.    Were play
b.    Were playing
c.    Was playing
d.    Was play
3.    The mother _____ _________ her son that he needs to do his chores.
a.    Were telling
b.    Was tell
c.    Were tell
d.    Was telling
4.    Henry _____ _________ when his flight landed in Los Angeles.
a.    Was sleep
b.    Was sleeping
c.    Is sleep
d.    Is sleeping
5.    Rebecca ______ ________ a book, however the radio was more interesting.
a.    Was reading
b.    Was read
c.    Were reading
d.    Were read
6.    We  _______ _______ the movie when the fire alarm went off.
a.    Was watching
b.    Were watching
c.    Was watch
d.    Were watch
7.    What _____ you ______ when I called you on the phone?
a.    Were/making
b.    Was/making
c.    Were/make
d.    Was/make
8.    Yesterday morning, Adam _______ to San Diego.
a.    Were going
b.    Is going
c.    Was going
d.    Has going
9.    He ______ _________ to the teacher give instructions to the class.
a.    Was listening
b.    Was listen
c.    Was listens
d.    Was listened
10.     I _______ _______ to the radio when I heard the news about the fire.
a.    Was listened
b.    Is listened
c.    Was listening
d.    Is listening
11.    While we _____ ________ eating outside, the weather turned bad.
a.    Is eating
b.    Were eating
c.    Is eat
d.    Were eat
12.    While the family _____ _______, Santa Claus delivered the presents.
a.    Was sleeping
b.    Was sleep
c.    Was sleeps
d.    Was sleeped
13.    John _____ ______ for his friend when it happened.
a.    Is waiting
b.    Is waited
c.    Was waiting
d.    Was waited
14.    I ______ _______ of you when my mother called on the phone.
a.    Were thinking
b.    Was thinking
c.    Were think
d.    Was think
15.    They ______ ______ breakfast when the electricity went out.
a.    Was eating
b.    Were eating
c.    Was eats
d.    Were eats