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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My brother and I ..... cooking all evening yesterday. A) Am. B) Was. C) Were. D) We're. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 2. Select the best question to ask what your friend, Mia, was doing last night. A) What you were doing last night?. B) Why were you so tired?. C) What did you do last night?. D) What were you doing last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What were you doing last night?. 3. My Father ..... (read) a newspaper when I Washed my motorcycle. A) Read. B) Will read. C) Were reading. D) Was reading. E) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 4. David ..... the grass the other day when the snake appeared A) Cuts. B) Was cutting. C) Was cut. D) Were cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cutting. 5. While he ..... , I was sleeping. A) Is sleeping. B) Was sleping. C) Slept. D) Was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was sleeping. 6. Mr. Thompson ..... (drive) to work in his new car yesterday morning. A) Is driving. B) Was driving. C) Were driving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving. 7. When Pak Dollah walked into his garden, the mousedeer ..... eating the vegetables. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 8. Melvin didn't go out yesterday because it ..... all day. A) Is raining. B) Was raining. C) Was rainning. D) Were raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was raining. 9. Somebody threw a shoe at him ..... he was speaking. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 10. Was he not ..... his homework? A) Done. B) Did. C) Do. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doing. 11. The dogs ..... (bark) all night. A) Were barking. B) Was barking. C) Barked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were barking. 12. The phone was ..... five minutes ago A) Rings. B) Ring. C) Rang. D) Ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ringing. 13. When he opened the window, it ..... (snow). A) Was snowing. B) Were snowing. C) Was snowed. D) Snowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was snowing. 14. When I saw you, you ..... your new cap. A) Weren't wearing. B) Wearing. C) Wasn't wearing. D) Was wear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't wearing. 15. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the farmers ..... working in the rice fields. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 16. "Saya sedang tidur ketika ayah saya tiba jam 7 malam tadi" A) I was sleeping when my father was coming at 7 last night. B) I was sleeping when my father came at 7 last night. C) I slept when my father came at 7 last night. D) I was sleeping when my father is coming at 7 last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was sleeping when my father came at 7 last night. 17. The dog ..... angrily at the stranger just now. A) Is barking. B) Are barking. C) Were barking. D) Was barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was barking. 18. Choose the best option to describe two actions happening at the same time in the past. A) I studied when my brother was playing video games. B) While I was studying, my brother played video games. C) While I was studying, my brother was playing video games. D) While I studied, my brother was playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While I was studying, my brother was playing video games. 19. ..... Johnny visiting their parents last Tuesday evening? A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 20. What was she doing? A) She was runing. B) She running. C) She ran. D) She was running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was running. 21. While I ..... TV, the doorbell ..... A) Was watching/ rang. B) Was watching/ was ringing. C) Watched/ was ringing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching/ rang. 22. Were you and friends doing homework at 5 PM last Sunday. A) We, are. B) They, were. C) They, are. D) We, were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We, were. 23. I ..... to Bali by plane last year. A) Go. B) Was going. C) Went. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 24. True or False:In the sentence 'My sister was always borrowing my clothes without asking, ' the past continuous is used to express annoyance about a repeated habit. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. I ..... to contact him for ages, but he never replied. A) Had tried. B) Had trying. C) Tried. D) Am trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had tried. 26. They were ..... cake last week. A) Making. B) Make. C) Drinking. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making. 27. Complete the sentence:At the sleepover, all my friends ..... scary stories. A) Are telling. B) Were telling. C) Told. D) Was telling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were telling. 28. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$They ..... (watch) TV when the power went out. A) Were watching. B) Was watching. C) Were watched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching. 29. While Mr Wang ..... the newspaper, his wife called him. A) Were reading. B) Read. C) Was reading. D) Is reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 30. A loud noise woke me up ..... I was sleeping happily. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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