This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Change this sentence to past continuous:'I eat breakfast at 8 AM.' A) I am eating breakfast at 8 AM. B) I was eating breakfast at 9 AM. C) I was eating breakfast at 8 AM. D) I eat breakfast at 8 AM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was eating breakfast at 8 AM. 2. True or False:The sentence 'The dog were barking loudly at the mailman' uses correct grammar. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. The waitress ..... us about the time yesterday. A) Were asking. B) Ask. C) Asks. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asked. 4. They ..... (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock A) Were'nt doing. B) Weren't doing. C) Wasn't doing. D) Wasn't do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't doing. 5. As they ..... down the road, they found a wallet. A) Is walking. B) Were walking. C) Was walking. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were walking. 6. It is quarter past five A) 17.00. B) 5.00. C) 5.45. D) 5.15. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5.15. 7. He ..... Mathematics with me A) Are studying. B) Is studying. C) Were studying. D) Was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was studying. 8. At 7.30 pm yesterday, the dentists ..... the patients. A) Was treating. B) Treated. C) Is treating. D) Were treating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were treating. 9. Last night we ..... for an important test. A) Were studying. B) Were studied. C) Was studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were studying. 10. What ..... when the teacher came? A) Were you doing. B) Are you doing. C) Are you doing. D) Was you doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you doing. 11. My friends weren't listening to the teacher when she explained the material.The sentence above belongs to ..... A) Declarative sentence. B) Imperative sentence. C) Negative sentence. D) Interrogative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative sentence. 12. The man ..... his letter in the post office at that time. A) Is sending. B) Sending. C) Was sending. D) Was senting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sending. 13. We ..... eating lunch in the cafeteria at noon. A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't. 14. Were ..... sitting in the classroom last thursday? A) He. B) I. C) Dina. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We. 15. At 8.30am today, I ..... (drive) to work. A) Was driving. B) Had driven. C) Were drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 16. Tina ..... (dance) when she ..... (fall) and ..... (hurt) her leg. A) Dance / fell / hurt. B) Was dancing / fell / hurted. C) Danced / fell / hurt. D) Was dancing / fell / hurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was dancing / fell / hurt. 17. Were your brothers swimming last week? A) Yes, he was. B) Yes, they were. C) No, They were. D) No, he wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, they were. 18. I am ..... the dishes A) Writing. B) Cooking. C) Reading. D) Washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Washing. 19. I ..... (read) my favourite book when you called. A) Was reading. B) Am reading. C) Read. D) Was read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 20. As Mrs Han ..... out of the shop, she saw Puan Siti. A) Were coming. B) Was coming. C) Comes. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was coming. 21. He was driving very fast ..... the police stopped him. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 22. Yesterday, at six my mother ..... dinner. A) Was making. B) Were making. C) Is making. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was making. 23. The boy ..... (eat) an ice cream when the bear ..... (steal) it. A) Ate/ was stealing. B) Was eating/ stole. C) Eats/ steals. D) Is eating/ stole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was eating/ stole. 24. My dog ..... all his food. A) Was vomit. B) Was vomiting. C) Were vomiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was vomiting. 25. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$When I entered the room, she ..... (write) an email. A) Were writing. B) Was wrote. C) Was writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was writing. 26. Nobody ..... it off. A) Watched the TV so we were switching. B) Watched the TV so we switched. C) Was watching the TV so we switched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching the TV so we switched. 27. That poor man ..... for something eatable in the bin when the policeman stopped him. A) Is looking. B) Looked. C) Was looking. D) Will look. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was looking. 28. I ..... (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock ..... (ring). A) Was having, was ringing. B) Was having, rang. C) Had, was ringing. D) Had, rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having, rang. 29. She ..... her favourite necklace yesterday and cried sadly. A) Losing. B) Lost. C) Lose. D) Loses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lost. 30. The similarity between Past Continuous & Present Continuous is ..... Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. A) Both are pointing at the present tense. B) Both are pointing at the past tense. C) Both are pointing at the actions which continue for some time. D) There is no similarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both are pointing at the actions which continue for some time. 31. Were you ..... your new necklace last night? A) Use. B) Wear. C) Using. D) Wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wearing. 32. What is the Past Continuous Tense? A) A tense that describes habitual actions in the past. B) A tense that describes future actions. C) A tense that describes actions completed in the past. D) A tense that describes actions that were ongoing in the past. It is formed using 'was' or 'were' + the verb ending in-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A tense that describes actions that were ongoing in the past. It is formed using 'was' or 'were' + the verb ending in-ing. 33. You ( listen) ..... to music at 6 p.m yesterday? A) Are you listening. B) Were you listening. C) Did you listen. D) Do you listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you listening. 34. The birds ..... around the garden. (fly) A) Were fliing. B) Were flying. C) Was flying. D) Was fliing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were flying. 35. An old friend ..... by to see him when my father ..... in the garden A) Passing / working. B) Was passing / worked. C) Passed / was working. D) Was passing / was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was passing / worked. 36. ..... is used for an action that happened continuously in the past before another past action. A) Past Perfect Continuous. B) Past Perfect. C) Present Perfect Continuous. D) Past Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Continuous. 37. Mum ..... dinner at 5.00 yesterday afternoon while Dad ..... the car. A) Was cooking, washed. B) Was cooking, was washing. C) Cooked, washed. D) Cooks, washes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking, was washing. 38. Choose the-ing form of the following verbs:ache; stop; swim; come; tie A) Aching; stopping; swimming; comeing; tying. B) Aching; stoping; swimming; coming; tieing. C) Aching; stopping; swimming; coming; tying. D) Aching; stopping; swimming; coming; tieing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aching; stopping; swimming; coming; tying. 39. While the ice-cream ..... , she was reading a book. A) Is melting. B) Were melting. C) Melting. D) Was melting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was melting. 40. Imagine you're writing a story. Which sentence best uses the past continuous tense to set the scene? A) The wind howled and the rain beat against the window. B) The wind was howling and the rain was beating against the window. C) The wind howled and the rain was beating against the window. D) The wind was howling and the rain beat against the window. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wind was howling and the rain was beating against the window. 41. Paul and Lia were fighting ..... 9 o'clock this morning. A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 42. While the Corona was spreading, My Friends and I ..... teaching ..... the students from home. A) Are-our. B) Were-our. C) Am-my. D) Was-my. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were-our. 43. Deno dan Zahra sedang bermain bulu tangkis kemarin. (+) A) Deno dan Zahra are playing badminton yesterday. B) Deno dan Zahra were playing badminton yesterday. C) Deno dan Zahra was playing badminton yesterday. D) Deno dan Zahra were playing badminton last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deno dan Zahra were playing badminton yesterday. 44. The baby (sleep) ..... for ten hours every night. A) Is sleeping. B) Sleeping. C) Sleeps. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleeps. 45. It is Seven O'clock A) 7.00. B) 5.00. C) 7.30. D) 17.00. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7.00. 46. By the time he retired, Mr. Smith ..... to most parts of the world. A) Has travelled. B) Travelled. C) Has been travelling. D) Had travelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had travelled. 47. 10] ..... in the garden? A) Was Tom reading. B) Tom reading. C) Did Tom reading. D) Was Tom read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was Tom reading. 48. They ( were revising, are revising ) their lesson when the teacher walked into the classroom. A) Were revising. B) Are revising. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were revising. 49. What is the past continuous form of 'cry' for the child? A) The child were crying. B) The child is crying. C) The child was crying. D) The child cries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The child was crying. 50. My brother and I ..... (do) our homework while mom ..... (cook) dinner. A) Was doing, cooked. B) Did, was cooking. C) Were doing, was cooking. D) Were do, cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were doing, was cooking. 51. Sally ..... (read) to the children while Kevin was washing up. A) Were reading. B) Are reading. C) Was reading. D) Is reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 52. I was sleeping. Jaki to czas? A) Past Simple. B) Past Perfect. C) Past Continuous. D) Present Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Continuous. 53. They ..... in London for few days. A) Were staying. B) Are staying. C) Was staying. D) Is staying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are staying. 54. May I have ..... salt? A) Any. B) A. C) An. D) Some. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some. 55. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$I ..... (iron) my clothes when the phone rang. A) Was ironed. B) Had ironed. C) Was ironing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was ironing. 56. The teacher ..... (arrive) while Suzie and Tim ..... (play) a computer game. A) Was arriving/ played. B) Arrived/ were playing. C) Arrived/played. D) Arrived/ was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived/ were playing. 57. They ..... TV when I came. A) Watched. B) Were watching. C) Were watched. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 58. Can I have ..... sugar? A) Some. B) Any. C) The. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some. 59. Din group 3 student ..... sleeping when the lecture came A) Wasn't. B) Isn't. C) Weren't. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't. 60. They ..... about me when I ..... their conversation. A) Were talking; interrupted. B) Talked; was interrupting. C) Were talking; was interrupting. D) Talked; interrupted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were talking; interrupted. Next →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Continuous Tense Quiz 2Past Continuous Tense Quiz 3Past Continuous Tense Quiz 4Past Continuous Tense Quiz 5Past Continuous Tense Quiz 6Past Continuous Tense Quiz 7Past Continuous Tense Quiz 8Past Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books