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１．Why did you buy all those cookies? What ________ you __________ of?
（１）did / think
（２）were / thinking
（３）was / thinking
（４）did / thinking

２．The painter ________ the ladder while he was painting the ceiling.
（１）fell off
（２）was falling off
（３）fallen off
（４）falling off

３．I think I lost my money while I ________ in the park.
（１）ran
（２）were running
（３）run
（４）was running

４．There ________ a statue in front of the library building.
（１）used be
（２）used being
（３）used to be
（４）used to being

５．Why ________ you ________ the TV? I was watching it.
（１）were / turning off
（２）did / turn off
（３）did / turning off
（４）were / turn off

６．Dinosaurs ________ extinct thousands of years ago.
（１）become
（２）were becoming
（３）became
（４）was becoming

７．He came into the room and ________ down at his desk.
（１）sat
（２）was sitting
（３）sitting
（４）were sitting

８． ________ you ________ a baby sitter when you were young?
（１）Did / used have
（２）Did / use to have
（３）Did / used to having
（４）Did / used have

９．While I was playing football I fell and ________my knee.
（１）was hurting
（２）hurting
（３）were hurting
（４）hurt

１０．When you ________ me last night I ________ TV.
（１）phoned / watched
（２）were phoning / watched
（３）phoned / was watching
（４）phone / watch

１１．My mother was worried about the young children,
but they ________ ; they were happily playing.
（１）wasn’t crying
（２）weren’t crying
（３）didn’t cry
（４）didn’t cried

１２．________ your parents ________ in Kuala Lumpur ?
（１）Did / lived
（２）Do / lived
（３）Did / live
（４）Does / lived

１３．I ________ I heard a noise just then. Did you hear anything ?
（１）was thinking
（２）thinking
（３）thought
（４）were thinking

１４．Mark and Ben ________ again last night when I ________ home.
（１）arguing / got
（２）were arguing / got
（３）was arguing / was getting
（４）argue / get

１５．________ you ________ to suck your thumb when you were a child ?
（１）Were / used
（２）Was / used
（３）Did / used
（４）Did / use

１６．Why were you sitting in the dark ?
I ________ quietly.
（１）just thought
（２）just thinking
（３）was just thinking
（４）were just thinking