1. What is the function of the past continuous.

a. the past continuous describes actions or events located in a past tense to the present
(correct)

b. we use the past continuous for complete actions in the past

c. the past continuous refers to a time before the present past

d. the past continuous is used to talk about things that usually happen

2. What structure is used in the past continuous for the negative form

a. she was not reading (correct)

b. she wasn't reading

c. she was reading

d. she was reading

3. How is the structure of the past continuous?

a. subject + past tense verb + gerund verb + complement (correct)

b. subject + verb to be + verb in gerund + complement

c. subject + verb in gerund + verb to be in past tense + complement

d. pronoun + auxiliary + verb + complement

4. in which of the following sentences we use the past continuous

a. she was driving to work at 8:00 a.m. (correct)

b. she drove to work at 8:00 a.m.

c. she is driving to work at 8:00 a.m.

d. she will be driving to work at 8:00 am

5. What expression we use in informal language.

a. when

b. While

c. where

d. what

6. what is the verb we use for the past continuous

a. be

b.to can

c. to buy

d. what to do
7. What verb do we use in the past continuous after being

a. Verb in gerund

b. past tense

c. Present tense verb

d. definitive verb

8. choose the correct answer for this sentence

he______________ riding a horse last Friday at 7 pm

a. was

b. Were

c. Did

d. did not

9. translate this sentence (estábamos hacienda la tarea anoche a las 11:00 pm)

a. we were doing homework last night at 11:00 pm

b. we were doing homework last night at 11:00 pm

c. We did the homework last night at 11:00 pm

d. they did their homework last night at 11:00 pm

10. what is "while" used for

a. "while" is always used to talk about continuous action, to emphasize duration.

b. always uses "while" to talk about the past

c. "while" is always used to talk about the lake I want to happen

d. "while" is always used to talk about something that is happening and will continue to
happen.

11. with which expression we join the past continuous with the past simple

to. when

b. who

c. what

d. while

12. complete the following sentence

I _________ while he _________ the dishes

a. was eating / was doing

b. was eating / did

c. ate / was doing

d. was doing / was eating

13. complete the following sentence

I _______ at school when she _______ me

a. was / called

b. was / was calling

c. was stadying / called

d. were / called

14. complete the following sentence

I ______ while he ______ to music

a. was studying / was listening

b. was studying / listened

c. were studying / listening

d. am studying / was listening

15. when we use the verb to be with third parties in the past continuous, we do it with

a. was

b. was

c. when

d. While

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