English past continuous tense test 02

There was a strong smell and the sound of frying.. The director didn't allow the actors to travel by air while they _____ work on the film.. The exam had just begun and the candidates _

English Past Continuous Tense - Test 02

Questions

1 There was a strong smell and the sound of frying Obviously Mrs Jones

(cook) fish

A was cooking

B were cooking

C was cookying

2 The director didn't allow the actors to travel by air while they _ (work) on the

film

A was working

B were working

3 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

4 The exam had just begun and the candidates _ (write) their names at the top of

their papers

A were writing

B was writing

5 He said that he was the captain of a ship which _ (sail) that night for Marseilles

A were sailing

B was sailing

6 As she _ (climb) the ladder it slipped sideways and she fell off it

A were climbing

B was climbing

7 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

8 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

9 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

B were he living

C was he liveing

D were he liveing