This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The pupils ..... singing when the lights went out. A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 2. You ..... calling me when i was taking a bath A) Is. B) Were. C) Was. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 3. ..... they still ..... (clean up) the mess at 10 am today? A) Were, cleaning up. B) Was, cleaning up. C) Did, clean up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, cleaning up. 4. While I ..... for the bus, she called me A) Was waiting. B) Were waiting. C) Was wait. D) Was waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was waiting. 5. When they came here, I ..... (watch) TV. A) Watch. B) Watched. C) Was watching. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 6. Complete the sentence:You and your friends ..... really loud during the movie last night. A) Were laughing. B) Was laughing. C) Is laughing. D) Are laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were laughing. 7. My classmate and I ..... studying together at the library. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 8. Lisa ..... (talk) on her phone. A) Was talking. B) Were talking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking. 9. The boy ..... (fall off) his board while he ..... (skate) in the park. A) Was falling off/ skated. B) Fell off/ was skating. C) Fell of/ were skating. D) Fell off/ skated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fell off/ was skating. 10. Choose the correct past continuous form to complete the sentence:'They ..... (play) soccer when it started to rain.' A) Played. B) Were playing. C) Was playing. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 11. Hafizi ..... the newspaper when his taxi arrived. A) Was reading. B) Were reading. C) Are reading. D) Is reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 12. Mother ..... the newspaper while we ..... our homework. A) Were reading, was doing. B) Is reading, are doing. C) Was reading, were doing. D) Are reading, does. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading, were doing. 13. When the phone rang, She ..... (write ) a letter. A) Was writing. B) Was wrote. C) Is writing. D) Were writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was writing. 14. When we (arive) ..... at the restaurant, the place (be) ..... full. A) Was / arrived. B) Were arriving / was. C) Arrived / was. D) Arrived / were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived / was. 15. We ..... chess last Sunday. A) Haven't played. B) Didn't play. C) Hadn't played. D) Didn't played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't play. 16. My friends ..... to the concert last weekend A) Was went. B) Were going. C) Were went. D) Was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were going. 17. You ..... (sleep) more than ten hours. A) Was sleep. B) Was sleeping. C) Were sleep. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sleeping. 18. Complete the sentence:I saw you yesterday, but you ..... attention. A) Weren't paying. B) Not were paying. C) Wasn't paying. D) Didn't paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't paying. 19. Eko and Yoga ..... Soccer on the field when they ..... the money. A) Was playing, found. B) Played, find. C) Were playing, found. D) Is playing, finding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing, found. 20. My mom ..... in the sea when she saw a dolphin. A) Was swiming. B) Was swimming. C) Were swimming. D) Were swiming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was swimming. 21. Last year at this time, I ..... school. A) Attending. B) Attend. C) Was attending. D) Am attending. E) Can attend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was attending. 22. Jean ..... (drive) his new car when we saw her. A) Drives. B) Is driving. C) Was driven. D) Was driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was driving. 23. What is the correct past continuous form of 'practice' for the girls? A) The girls are practicing. B) The girls practices. C) The girls were practicing. D) The girls was practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The girls were practicing. 24. The workmen ..... the car yesterday. A) Was repairing. B) Repairing. C) Repairs. D) Were repairing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were repairing. 25. Chong Meng and Ira are ..... the bell now. A) Ring. B) Rang. C) Ringing. D) Rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ringing. 26. ..... when her father left the house this morning A) She wash clothes. B) She will wash clothes. C) She is washing clothes. D) She washes clothes. E) She was washing clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) She was washing clothes. 27. They ..... eating breakfast at eight o'clock yesterday. A) Is. B) Am. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 28. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form in the past continuous tense:They ..... a model aero plane this morning. A) Are making. B) Making. C) Were making. D) Was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were making. 29. Wendy ..... (eat) her lunch when her phone ..... (ring). A) Ate/ was ringing. B) Eating/ rang. C) Ate/ rang. D) Was eating/ rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was eating/ rang. 30. They ..... for over an hour before Saurabh arrived. A) Were talking. B) Have been talking. C) Had been talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been talking. 31. My mom ..... me while I ..... dinner. (telephone/eat) A) Was telephoning/ ate. B) Was telephoning/ was eating. C) Telephoned/ was eating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telephoned/ was eating. 32. Yesterday I ..... to the library, next I ..... a swim, later I ..... Julie for coffee. A) Went/ had/ met. B) Went/ was having/ was meeting. C) Was going/ had/ met. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went/ had/ met. 33. When I ..... up this morning, it was snowing. A) Woken. B) Wake. C) Woke. D) Wakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woke. 34. What is the structure of a negative sentence in Past Continuous Tense? A) Did not + verb. B) Was/were + verb-ed. C) Was/were not + verb(-ing). D) Is/are not + verb(-ing). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was/were not + verb(-ing). 35. Miss Shirley ( was eating, were eating ) her dinner when there was a blackout. A) Was eating. B) Were eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating. 36. Which sentence is in the past continuous tense:'She plays soccer' or 'She was playing soccer'? A) She was playing soccer. B) She played soccer. C) She plays soccer every day. D) She is playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was playing soccer. 37. He ..... (miss) the train because he was talking with some friends A) Missed. B) Was missing. C) Were missing. D) Mist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missed. 38. Julie ..... (sleep) at three o' clock. A) Was being slept. B) Was sleeping. C) Sleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sleeping. 39. Most of the time we ..... in the park. A) Was sitting. B) Were sitting. C) Were sat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sitting. 40. He ..... (paint) a picture. A) Were paint. B) Was painting. C) Were paint. D) Was paint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was painting. 41. Complete the sentence:My friends and I ..... video games all afternoon yesterday. A) Was playing. B) Are playing. C) Played. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 42. Which sentence correctly uses the basic form of the past continuous tense? A) She was reading a comic book. B) I was walk the dog. C) He were listening to music. D) They were play soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was reading a comic book. 43. We were ..... around the park A) Is eating. B) Doesn't run. C) Climb. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running. 44. Complete the sentence to show two actions happening at the same time:While I ..... my room, my sister ..... to her favorite songs. A) Cleaned, listened. B) Was cleaning, listened. C) Cleaned, was listening. D) Was cleaning, was listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cleaning, was listening. 45. We ..... Permission to ate fried banana with free cost yesterday A) Are asking. B) Are asked. C) Were asking. D) Was asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were asking. 46. Mr. Joko ..... home when the rain began A) Is going to walk. B) Is walking. C) Walks. D) Was walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was walking. 47. To set the scene for a spooky story, complete the sentence:The wind ..... and the rain ..... against the window. A) Was howling / was beating. B) Howls / beats. C) Was howling / beat. D) Howled / beat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was howling / was beating. 48. They ..... rice when he asked them a question A) Cook. B) Cooked. C) Was cooking. D) Were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were cooking. 49. The cats ..... (sleep) when the rain ..... (start). A) Were sleeping/ started. B) Sleeping/ starting. C) Slept/ was starting. D) Was sleeping/ started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were sleeping/ started. 50. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$We ..... (walk) in the park when it started to rain. A) Was walking. B) Was walked. C) Were walking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were walking. 51. While she was talking to her boss, her mobile phone ..... (ring). A) Were ringing. B) Ringed. C) Was ringing. D) Rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rang. 52. Marry, Rose, and Ferria ..... brushing their teeth at night yesterday. A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 53. When it ..... to rain, our dog wanted to come inside. A) Was started/ wanted. B) Was strating/ wanted. C) Started/ wanted. D) Starts/ wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started/ wanted. 54. When they came here, ..... A) I were watching television. B) I watch television. C) I was watching television. D) I were watched television. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was watching television. 55. They ..... at the clowns at the circus last night. A) Was laughing. B) Is laughing. C) Are laughing. D) Were laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were laughing. 56. Identify the past continuous tense in the following sentence:'While I was walking to the store, I saw a friend.' A) Saw. B) A friend. C) Was walking. D) To the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was walking. 57. She ..... her homework when I called her A) Was doing. B) Was done. C) Were doing. D) Were done. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing. 58. She ..... last night. A) Was singing. B) Were speaking. C) Were singing. D) Was sending e-mails. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was singing. 59. As the children ..... dinner, their mother called him. A) Are having. B) Were having. C) Is having. D) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were having. 60. What ..... you ..... yesterday? A) Were / doing. B) Were / do. C) Was / doing. D) Are / doing. E) Was / do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were / doing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Continuous Tense Quiz 1Past 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books