This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Combine these clauses using 'when':'I was eating dinner' and 'the phone rang'. A) I was eating dinner and the phone rang. B) While I was eating dinner, the phone rang. C) The phone rang when I was eating dinner. D) I was eating dinner when the phone rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was eating dinner when the phone rang. 2. My friends ..... lunch at 1 a.m. A) Were have. B) Wasn't having. C) Weren't having. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't having. 3. They ..... TV while their mum ..... dinner. A) Were watching / was preparing. B) Was watching / was preparing. C) Were watching / prepared. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching / was preparing. 4. Somebody threw a stone at him while he ..... A) Was speaking. B) Had been speaking. C) Spoke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was speaking. 5. Mr Sharma and his children ..... in their garden. A) Was gardening. B) Are gardening. C) Were gardening. D) Is gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are gardening. 6. Jimmy told me that he ..... for his friend at that time. A) Is waiting. B) Was waiting. C) Waits. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was waiting. 7. ..... Tono ..... a bike yesterday? A) Were ; riding. B) Were ; ride. C) Were ; ride. D) Was ; riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was ; riding. 8. Yesterday at midnight, I ..... a instant noodle. A) Were, eating. B) Am, eating. C) Is, eating. D) Was, eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was, eating. 9. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$I ..... (polish) my shoes when the doorbell rang. A) Was polishing. B) Had polished. C) Were polishing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was polishing. 10. Peter and Joan ..... (wait) for their father. A) Was waiting. B) Were waitting. C) Were waiting. D) Was waitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 11. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The artist ..... (sketch) a landscape when I visited her studio. A) Were sketched. B) Was sketch. C) Was sketching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sketching. 12. While it ..... outside, I ..... in the farmer's house. A) Rained/ was sitting. B) Rained/ sat. C) Was raining/ was sitting. D) Was raining/ sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was raining/ sat. 13. The candles ..... when the wind blew them out. A) Were blowing. B) Are blowing. C) Is blowing. D) Was blowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were blowing. 14. Mrs. Utami ..... writing a letter when the phone rang. A) Is not. B) Had not been. C) Was not. D) Has not been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was not. 15. Fill in the blank:We ..... TV when the power went out. A) Were sleeping. B) Were playing. C) Were watching. D) Were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were watching. 16. The teacher was angry because some students ..... (play) football in the classroom when he came in. A) Played. B) Were playing. C) Was playing. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 17. ..... you ..... football at 2 p.m. last Saturday? A) Are playing. B) Was playing. C) Do playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 18. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$The students ..... (discuss) the project when the teacher entered. A) Were discussing. B) Is discussing. C) Was discussed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were discussing. 19. I ..... along that road when I spotted a little puppy. A) Had driven. B) Was driving. C) Drove. D) Had been driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving. 20. I ..... all night yesterday A) Was not working. B) Were not working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not working. 21. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:I couldn't join the game because I ..... my chores yet. A) Wasn't finish. B) Wasn't finishing. C) Not finishing. D) Weren't finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't finishing. 22. Paul ..... dancing in the classroom now. A) Am. B) Was. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 23. Choose the correct answer.Simon ..... a magazine when the phone ..... A) Reading, ringing. B) Was reading, rang. C) Read, was ringing. D) Read, rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading, rang. 24. I ..... (make) a sandwich when the phone rang. A) Am making. B) Is making. C) Was making. D) Were making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was making. 25. Complete the sentence to show an action that was interrupted:We ..... for the bus when it suddenly ..... to pour rain. A) Waited, was starting. B) Waited, started. C) Were waiting, was starting. D) Were waiting, started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were waiting, started. 26. While I ..... (walk) down the street, it ..... (begin) to rain A) Walked, was begining. B) Was walking, began. C) Walked, began. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was walking, began. 27. When I ..... the house this morning, it ..... A) Was leaving, was raining. B) Left; rained. C) Was leaving, rained. D) Left; was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left; was raining. 28. When I ..... up yesterday morning, the sun ..... A) Get/ shine. B) Got/ shone. C) Get/ is shining. D) Got/ was shining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got/ was shining. 29. She ..... Smiling to me yesterday A) Was. B) Were. C) Where. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 30. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$I ..... (paint) the house all afternoon. A) Was painted. B) Was painting. C) Is painted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was painting. ← 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