This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We ..... (visit) the patient at the hospital. A) Were visit. B) Was visit. C) Were visiting. D) Was visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were visiting. 2. My parents ..... (work) when I came home. A) Was working. B) Is working. C) Were working. D) Are working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were working. 3. I saw Kate a few minutes ago. She ..... for you. A) Was looking. B) Looks. C) Looked. D) Is looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was looking. 4. Choose the pair of verbs that best completes the sentence:While the musician ..... , the audience suddenly ..... to clap along. A) Was playing / started. B) Played / started. C) Was playing / was starting. D) Played / was starting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing / started. 5. While the cow ..... grazing in the field, the wolves attacked. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 6. They ..... the new movie last night A) Was watching. B) Was watched. C) Were watching. D) Were watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were watching. 7. Choose the correct past continuous tense form:While I ..... , the doorbell rang. A) Have read. B) Read. C) Was reading. D) Am reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 8. Complete the sentence with the best negative form:I looked for my friends at the park, but they ..... soccer. A) Didn't playing. B) Wasn't playing. C) Not were playing. D) Weren't playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weren't playing. 9. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct:'My friends eating pizza when I arrived.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Pemakaian "While" dan "when" dalam kalimat, mengindikasikan bahwa kalimat tersebut membicarakan kejadian yang ..... A) Sedang terjadi di masa lampau. B) Fakta umum. C) Sudah terjadi dimasa lampau. D) Kebiasaan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedang terjadi di masa lampau. 11. ..... it ..... when you woke up this morning? A) Is raining. B) Were raining. C) Is rain. D) Was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was raining. 12. Actions happening one after another in the past are expressed by: A) Past continious. B) Past simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past simple. 13. When you called, I ..... the newspaper. A) Had read. B) Was reading. C) Read. D) Had been reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 14. True or False:The sentence 'I was wanting a new skateboard for my birthday' is grammatically correct for expressing a past desire. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. What ..... Peter and Helen ..... when you broke the glass? A) Was / doing. B) Did / did. C) Were / doing. D) Are / doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / doing. 16. How did you learn to drive?My father ..... me. A) Had teached. B) Taught. C) Teached. D) Had taught. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taught. 17. When I ..... up this yesterday, the sun ..... A) Get/ is shining. B) Got/ was shining. C) Get/ shine. D) Got/ shone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got/ was shining. 18. I ( play) ..... football when my mother came back. A) Played. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Am playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 19. Which of the following is the correct past continuous form of 'walk'? A) They was walking. B) They walking. C) They are walking. D) They were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were walking. 20. Below are the time signal for past continuous, except ..... A) Yesterday. B) Right now. C) 2 hours ago. D) Last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right now. 21. True or False:The sentence 'We was eating pizza for dinner' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Complete the sentence to describe a background scene for a story:The wind ..... through the trees as the hero approached the old house. A) Was blowing. B) Blows. C) Had blown. D) Blew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was blowing. 23. Complete the sentence:My friends ..... for the bus when it started to rain. A) Were waiting. B) Is waiting. C) Was waiting. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were waiting. 24. Which sentence best shows one action being interrupted by another? A) He read a book while the baby slept. B) She was cooking dinner when the power went out. C) They were talking and they were laughing. D) I was studying as my sister was practicing piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was cooking dinner when the power went out. 25. Adeela ..... while the other girls ..... A) Is dancing are dancing. B) Was dancing was singing. C) Was dancing were singing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was dancing were singing. 26. True or False:The sentence 'She was walking home when she was seeing a friend' correctly describes an interrupted action. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. The goldsmith was ..... the gold. Choose the correct answer. A) Melted. B) Melting. C) Melt. D) Melts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melting. 28. Mr. Budi doesn't has ..... books A) Some. B) The. C) Any. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Any. 29. How do you say 'the spider (weave) his web' in past continuous? A) The spider weaves his web. B) The spider is weaving his web. C) The spider was weaving his web. D) The spider were weaving his web. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The spider was weaving his web. 30. I ..... (finish) my homework, ..... (listen) to some music, and then I ..... (go) to bed. A) Finished, listened, was going. B) Was finishing, listened, went. C) Was finishing, was listening, went. D) Finished, listened, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finished, listened, went. 31. Monika ..... correcting tests yesterday. A) Is. B) Were. C) Weren't. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't. 32. Which sentence correctly uses the past continuous to express an annoying, repeated habit? A) My little sister was always taking my stuff without asking. B) My little sister always took my stuff without asking. C) My little sister was taking my stuff without asking. D) My little sister did take my stuff always without asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My little sister was always taking my stuff without asking. 33. Everyone ..... in the office when the boss came in. A) Is working. B) Are working. C) Was working. D) Were working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working. 34. People ..... (cheer) for the popular team as the competition started. A) Was cheering. B) Were cheering. C) Was being cheered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were cheering. 35. Complete the sentence:My brother ..... video games all afternoon yesterday. A) Played. B) Was playing. C) Is playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 36. I ..... for my Math exam last night. A) Was studying. B) Is studying. C) Am studying. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying. 37. Kedua bentuk tenses simple past dan past continuous dalam sebuah kalimat sering digunakan bersama-sama dengan penanda "when" atau "while" . Arti kata when/while adalah ..... A) Kemudian. B) Lalu. C) Ketika. D) Sebelum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ketika. 38. We ..... watching television together A) Was. B) Are. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 39. Your friend wrote this sentence:'They playing basketball at the gym.' How would you correct it to use the past continuous tense properly? A) They was playing basketball at the gym. B) They were playing basketball at the gym. C) They did play basketball at the gym. D) They are playing basketball at the gym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were playing basketball at the gym. 40. Complete the sentence:My phone ..... making a weird noise earlier. A) Is. B) Be. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 41. ..... were playing tennis this morning A) My friend. B) My mom. C) My father. D) My teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My teachers. 42. You ..... riding your bikes. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 43. ..... she ..... (walk) the dog yesterday? A) Were/walk. B) Were/walking. C) Was/walking. D) Was/walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was/walking. 44. Choose the-ing form of the following verbs:live; stay; run; lie; recycle A) Living; staying; running; lying; recycling. B) Liveing; staing; runing;lieing; recycling. C) Living; staying; runing; lying; recycling. D) Living; staying; running; lying; recycleing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living; staying; running; lying; recycling. 45. She ..... (cook) when I entered the kitchen. A) Is cooking. B) Was cooking. C) Cooked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 46. Complete the sentence to show an interrupted action:I ..... a shower when the fire alarm went off. A) Took. B) Were taking. C) Am taking. D) Was taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was taking. 47. The villagers ..... to town when the sky turned grey. A) Was walking. B) Is walking. C) Are walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were walking. 48. Ramu ..... when he suddenly saw a grass snake. A) Weeding. B) Was weeding. C) Is weeding. D) Were weeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was weeding. 49. I ..... to the shed and ..... out my bike. A) Went/ taken. B) Went/ was taking. C) Went/ took. D) Was going/ taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went/ took. 50. My dad and mother ..... dinner and he was asking me about you. A) Was cooking. B) Were cooking. C) Is cooking. D) Are cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were cooking. 51. Mike:Hi Clara, what were you doing last night?Clara:I ..... to music A) Am listening. B) Was listening. C) Am listen. D) Listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was listening. 52. He ..... for his purse. A) Is searching. B) Was searching. C) Were searching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was searching. 53. They ..... (go) to the cinema. A) Are going. B) Is going. C) Were going. D) Was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were going. 54. The band in the ship was still playing when the ship ..... A) Start sink. B) Started. C) Started sinking. D) Sink. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started sinking. 55. Gerald was singing loudly when his father ..... to stop singing. A) Told. B) Was telling. C) Told him. D) Tell him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Told him. 56. The school gardener ..... in the garden the whole yesterday evening. A) Digs. B) Were digging. C) Is digging. D) Was digging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was digging. 57. The students ..... cards when the teacher ..... in. A) Were playing / came. B) Played/ came. C) Was playing/was coming. D) Played / were coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing / came. 58. Joyce and Elice ..... attending the ITB lecture class yesterday . A) In not. B) Were not. C) Was not. D) Are not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were not. 59. We ..... around the parking lot to find a parking space last day. A) Are driving. B) Were driving. C) Driving. D) Drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drove. 60. My friends ..... running. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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