This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.write A) Wrote. B) Written. C) Writed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 2. The snow ..... (cover) the mountains when I ..... (wake) up. A) Covered, waked. B) Was covering, woke. C) Was covering, was waking. D) Coved, was waking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was covering, woke. 3. They ..... home when they saw a clown. A) Drove. B) Were driving. C) Was driving. D) Drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were driving. 4. My mother ..... breakfast at 6 o'clock this morning. A) Doesn't have. B) Weren't having. C) Wasn't having. D) Didn't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't having. 5. While I ..... television, the doorbell rang. A) Were watching. B) Is watching. C) Was watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 6. Before she had dinner, she ..... in the garden. A) Has worked. B) Was working. C) Worked. D) Had worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had worked. 7. Boby ..... (lie) under the tree to sleep when a big leaf ..... (fall) onto his head. A) Lay, fell. B) Was lying, falling. C) Was lying, fell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was lying, fell. 8. Complete the sentence with the correct option:My friends ..... outside yesterday at 5:00p.m. A) Was played. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Were played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 9. Select the sentence that shows correct subject-verb agreement for the past continuous tense. A) The cat were sleeping on the couch. B) They was eating lunch together. C) You was playing soccer very well. D) He was listening to music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was listening to music. 10. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$She ..... (eat) breakfast when her phone rang. A) Was ate. B) Eats. C) Was eating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was eating. 11. Tony ..... (search) for his wallet the whole morning. A) Is searching. B) Were searching. C) Was searching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was searching. 12. You ..... working in the morning A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 13. Who ..... talking in the bathroom last night? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 14. Keyla ..... for two hours before she arrived. A) Had been driven. B) Has been driving. C) Had been driving. D) Was driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been driving. 15. The people ..... (build) a boat. A) Were building. B) Was building. C) Is building. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were building. 16. Peter, John and Rebecca ..... (wait) for the school bus at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. A) Are waiting. B) Was waiting. C) Were waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 17. I ..... an exam yesterday at this time. A) Am having. B) Having. C) Am have. D) Were having. E) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Was having. 18. He ..... (wash) while his mother ..... (cook). A) Wash / cook. B) Washed / cooked. C) Washes / is cooking. D) Washing / was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Washing / was cooking. 19. My brother and sister ..... playing tennis at 11 a.m. yesterday. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 20. Complete the sentence with the verbs in the Past Continuous Tense form.A:What ..... your mum ..... yesterday evening?B:She ..... the dinner then. A) Was doing; was making. B) Did do; is made. C) Were doing; were making. D) Is doing; is making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing; was making. 21. Imagine your friend asks, 'Were you studying when I called?' If you were not studying, what is the correct short answer? A) No, I wasn't. B) Yes, I was. C) Yes, I did. D) No, I didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, I wasn't. 22. Ghozy and Nayla ..... not coming to offline class. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 23. The house was perfect for him-it was exactly what he ..... for. A) Had been looking. B) Looks. C) Have been looking. D) Is looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been looking. 24. While Joe was walking down the road, he ..... a tall man and his dog near the lake. A) Saw. B) Was see. C) Seeing. D) Sees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 25. Peter ..... the plant while John ..... in the kitchen. A) Watered/was cooking. B) Has watered/cooked. C) Was watering/was cooking. D) Has watered/was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watered/was cooking. 26. Jane ..... a bike at 3p.m last Sunday. A) Was riding. B) Is riding. C) Are riding. D) Were riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was riding. 27. We ..... dancing.Tiger ..... roaring.The car ..... stopping.Girls ..... talking. A) Were; was; were; were. B) Were; was; was; were. C) Was; were; were; was. D) Were; were; were; were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were; was; was; were. 28. Choose the correct answer.We ..... the men when we ..... A) Met, jogged. B) Met, were jogging. C) Meeting, were jogging. D) Were meeting, were jogging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met, were jogging. 29. ..... I ..... dinner with you at 6 pm yesterday? A) Was, cooking. B) Am, cooking. C) Did, cook. D) Were, cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, cooking. 30. How would you correctly rewrite the main idea of 'I not was paying attention' as a full sentence? A) I didn't paying attention. B) I were not paying attention. C) I was not paying attention. D) I was paying not attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was not paying attention. 31. Were you studying English last week? A) Yes. I was. B) Yes, I do. C) Yes, I am. D) Yes, I have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. I was. 32. Rafif ..... reading a book when Akma came. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 33. Jimmy ..... soccer with his friends. A) Were play. B) Was played. C) Was playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing. 34. I was ..... with her for 2 hours yesterday A) Talked. B) Talking. C) Talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talking. 35. I ..... (shop) in a bookstore last week A) Am shopping. B) Was shopping. C) Are shopping. D) Were shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was shopping. 36. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given.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: A) Was surfing. 37. Which one is past continuous tense in question form? A) Were they walking home together yesterday?. B) Have you been eating?. C) When did you see the movie?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were they walking home together yesterday?. 38. John and I ..... (drive) our car an hour ago. A) Didn't driving. B) Were driving. C) Was driving. D) Are driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were driving. 39. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$We ..... (prepare) dinner when the guests arrived. A) Were preparing. B) Preparing. C) Was preparing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were preparing. 40. We ..... on the lake when it started to rain so we went home. A) Are finishing. B) Were finishing. C) Finished. D) Finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were finishing. 41. What ..... (you / do ) when we called you? A) You doing. B) Were you doing. C) Are you doing. D) Was you doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 42. The man ..... (sell) ice-creams. A) Were selling. B) Am selling. C) Was selling. D) Was sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was selling. 43. Why ..... he having lunch at 4pm? A) Does. B) Was. C) Were. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 44. It ..... raining last night, so I took my umbrella. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 45. Complete the question:'What ..... you ..... about when I walked in?' A) Were, talking. B) Did, talk. C) Was, talking. D) Are, talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, talking. 46. How do you express 'the carpenter (make) a table' in past continuous? A) The carpenter were making a table. B) The carpenter is making a table. C) The carpenter makes a table. D) The carpenter was making a table. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The carpenter was making a table. 47. ..... the cat ..... (sleep) on the fence yesterday? A) Was/sleep. B) Was/sleeping. C) Were/sleep. D) Were/sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was/sleeping. 48. I was climbing up a tree. Gina ..... A) Were climb next to me. B) Was climbing next to me. C) Were climbing next to me. D) Was climb next to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was climbing next to me. 49. My mum ..... when I got home. A) Was cook. B) Were cooking. C) Cooking. D) Was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking. 50. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form in the past continuous tense:I ..... a sandwich when the phone rang. A) Making. B) Was making. C) Made. D) Is making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was making. 51. Last night, the wind ..... so hard. A) Was blowing. B) Is blowing. C) Blow. D) Blows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was blowing. 52. I ..... TV at eight o'clock yesterday evening. A) Watch. B) Was watching. C) Am watching. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 53. ..... when I came? A) Were he sleeping. B) Was he sleeping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was he sleeping. 54. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The mechanic ..... (fix) the engine when the customer arrived. A) Were fixing. B) Was fixed. C) Was fixing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was fixing. 55. It is ten past nine A) 9.30. B) 9.15. C) 9.10. D) 10.09. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9.10. 56. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence:'While I ..... to the radio, my brother was watching TV.' A) Am listening. B) Listened. C) Was listening. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was listening. 57. Aqilla ..... visiting Thailand 2 years ago. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 58. Jigar ..... a bike last evening. A) Were riding. B) Are riding. C) Is riding. D) Was riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was riding. 59. He was not ..... the television when you ..... to his house to borrow his car yesterday. A) Repair, come. B) Repairing, came. C) Repaired, came. D) Repairing, come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repairing, came. 60. Which sentence best shows that the speaker was annoyed by a repeated past action? A) My little sister was always borrowing my clothes without asking. B) My little sister always was borrowing my clothes without asking. C) My little sister borrowed my clothes without asking. D) My little sister was borrowing my clothes without asking. 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