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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The girls ..... in the park at five o'clock last Sunday. A) Were cycling. B) Was cycling. C) Cycled. D) Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were cycling. 2. ..... were sleeping under the tree. A) An elephant. B) The man. C) Three cats. D) A cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three cats. 3. A lot of fans ..... around the superstar when I took his photograph. A) Were standing. B) Are standing. C) Stood. D) Stand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were standing. 4. I ..... walking to school now. A) Was. B) Am. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am. 5. ..... they swimming when the phone rang? A) Do. B) Were. C) Did. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 6. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given.Steven and I ..... the Net at 10 a.m. last Sunday. A) Was surfing. B) Were surfing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were surfing. 7. Which sentence best shows two actions happening at the same time in the past? A) While I was doing my homework, my brother was watching a movie. B) I did my homework, and then my brother was watching a movie. C) While I did my homework, my brother watched a movie. D) I was doing my homework, but my brother watched a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While I was doing my homework, my brother was watching a movie. 8. Which of these words are needed to form the past continuous tense? A) Was/were + verb-ing. B) Will + verb-ing. C) Have/has + verb. D) Do/does + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was/were + verb-ing. 9. Which sentence places the time expression 'at 10 p.m.' correctly to emphasize what was happening at that exact moment? A) They still at 10 p.m. were watching the movie. B) They were watching at 10 p.m. still the movie. C) At 10 p.m., they were still watching the movie. D) They were watching the movie still at 10 p.m. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At 10 p.m., they were still watching the movie. 10. When Kevin called me, I ..... the plants at the back yard. A) Were watering. B) Am watering. C) Watered. D) Was watering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watering. 11. Complete:I ..... waiting for a bus. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 12. The school gardener ..... in the school garden all yesterday evening. A) Were digging. B) Is digging. C) Was diging. D) Was digging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was digging. 13. Linda ..... for three hours before we met. A) Has waited. B) Had been waiting. C) Had waited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 14. At 8.30 a.m. today, I ..... driving to work. A) Was. B) Are. C) Am. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 15. Mrs. Rini ..... Gardening a beautiful sunflower ..... A) Was, tomorrow. B) Was, 2 days later. C) Were, next month. D) Was, 2 days ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was, 2 days ago. 16. Find the error in this sentence:'Yesterday at the skate park, my friends was practicing a new trick when I arrived.' A) There is no mistake in the sentence. B) The word 'arrived' should be 'was arriving'. C) The word 'was' should be 'were'. D) The word 'practicing' is spelled wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The word 'was' should be 'were'. 17. I ..... english when Mr. Giyono operated the computer. A) Have been studying. B) Had been studying. C) Was studying. D) Am studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. 18. Which question is formed correctly in the past continuous tense? A) What were you doing after school?. B) What you were doing after school?. C) What did you doing after school?. D) You were doing what after school?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What were you doing after school?. 19. Last year we ..... in the middle of a pandemic. A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 20. Ram is walking on the footpath. Change the sentence into Past Continuous Tense. A) Ram will be walking on the footpath. B) Ram walked on the footpath. C) Ram was walking on the footpath. D) Ram were walking on the footpath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ram was walking on the footpath. 21. John shouted, 'It is not fair, you ..... all the money to yourself.' A) Was keeping. B) Were keeping. C) Is keeping. D) Are keeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are keeping. 22. When he was a baby, he ..... always ..... A) Was crying. B) Were cried. C) Is crying. D) Was criing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was crying. 23. The workmen ..... the roof the whole of last week. A) Are repairing. B) Repaired. C) Were repairing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were repairing. 24. The girl ..... (take) a bath when the phone rang just now. A) Was taking. B) Were taking. C) Is taking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 25. When I phoned my friends, they ..... monopoly A) Played. B) Were playing. C) Are playing. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 26. We ..... our lost friends. A) Was looking for. B) Were looking. C) Were looking for. D) Was looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were looking for. 27. When my friend came, I ..... flowers in the garden. A) Were watering. B) Was watering. C) Were coming. D) Waters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watering. 28. My sister and I ..... up Mt. Lemmon at 5 pm yesterday evening. A) Was hiking. B) Were hiked. C) Was hiked. D) Were hiking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were hiking. 29. The students ..... their Annual examination. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. A) Was writing. B) Wrote. C) Will be writing. D) Were writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were writing. 30. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$I ..... (study) when the phone rang. A) Studied. B) Was study. C) Was studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. ← 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