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What Were You Doing? - Questions

By Kenneth Beare, About.com

Choose the correct answer or phrase to fill in the blank. Each question has only one correct answer.

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What was Brian doing when Betsy telephoned?

  • He was photocopying a report.
  • He was having a coffee-break.
  • He was at a meeting.

What was Betsy doing when she telephoned Brian?

  • She was writing a report.
  • She was looking for Tom.
  • She was planning a meeting.

What did Brian do yesterday morning?

  • He worked on the report.
  • He drove to a meeting.
  • He met representatives from Driver's.

When did Betsy have a meeting with Ms Anderson?

  • this afternoon
  • yesterday afternoon
  • yesterday morning

Betsy thinks Brian does excellent work.

  • true
  • false
  • doesn't say

Original Quiz with Answers at: http://esl.about.com/od/beginningreadingskills/a/d_wered.htm

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