This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who ..... the car when it ..... ? A) Was driving, crashed. B) Drove, was crashing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving, crashed. 2. The children ..... watching a film. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 3. We ..... meeting yesterday. A) Were having. B) Was having. C) Are having. D) Is having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were having. 4. The students ..... Science while the teacher ..... Geography. A) Is studying, are teaching. B) Was studying, were teaching. C) Were studying, was teaching. D) Are studying, is teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were studying, was teaching. 5. Which question is written correctly in the past continuous tense? A) You were watching that show?. B) Was you watching that show?. C) Were you watching that show?. D) Did you were watching that show?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you watching that show?. 6. Which of the following sentence is correct?A. We were playing basketball last Sunday.B. I was doing homework at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.C. The teacher were talking when the bee flies into the classroom. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 7. I was going to the cinema last night when I ..... (meet) my old friend from kindergarten. A) Met. B) Meeted. C) Was meeting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met. 8. While they ..... (finished) in art class, the paint ran out. A) Are painting. B) Is painting. C) Was painting. D) Were painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were painting. 9. I hope you two ..... (enjoy) your time together yesterday! A) Will be enjoying. B) Enjoying. C) Was enjoying. D) Were enjoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were enjoying. 10. While Ben ..... (cycle) to school this morning, he saw some monkeys. A) Was cycling. B) Is cycling. C) Were cycling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cycling. 11. 5] What ..... you ..... while I ..... ? A) Were / doing / cooked. B) Did / do / was cooking. C) Were / doing / was cooking. D) Did / do / cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / doing / was cooking. 12. Choose the correct answer.While my sister ..... a stroll, she ..... a thief coming out of the house. A) Was taking, saw. B) Took, was seeing. C) Took, saw. D) Taking, seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking, saw. 13. They ..... in Pune for three years when he lost his job. A) Have been living. B) Were living. C) Had been living. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been living. 14. I ..... my homework when Anis phoned. A) Did. B) Was doing. C) Am doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 15. She ..... the clothes. A) Is washing. B) Was washing. C) Were washing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was washing. 16. I was ..... when my mother ..... me yesterday. A) Teaching, called. B) Teach, call. C) Taught, calling. D) Teaching, calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teaching, called. 17. Susan ..... (play) the piano when someone knocked on the door. A) Played. B) Was playing. C) Is playing. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 18. What is the past continuous form of 'wait' for Suma? A) Suma waits. B) Suma were waiting. C) Suma is waiting. D) Suma was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suma was waiting. 19. I was studying while He ..... (make) dinner A) Are made. B) Was making. C) Were makeing. D) Is making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was making. 20. When Jane ..... a language course in Ireland, she ..... Blarney castle. A) Was doing/ visited. B) Did/ visiting. C) Was doing/ visiting. D) Did/ visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing/ visited. 21. The children ..... (play) badminton at 6 p.m. yesterday evening. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Are playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 22. I ..... (read) a book while my mother ..... (cook) dinner. A) Read / was cooking. B) Was reading / was cooking. C) Read / cook. D) Was reading / cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading / was cooking. 23. She missed the bus because she ..... (argue) with one of her friends. A) Were arguing. B) Arguered. C) Argued. D) Was arguing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was arguing. 24. Which sentence is the correct negative form of 'She was watching TV'? A) She wasn't watching TV. B) She not was watching TV. C) She were not watching TV. D) She didn't watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wasn't watching TV. 25. The gunshot rang out while he ..... away. A) Was running. B) Was runing. C) Were running. D) Runing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was running. 26. 7] Where ..... Jack ..... when I ..... him? A) Did / study / was calling. B) Was studying / was calling. C) Did / study / called. D) Was / studying / called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was / studying / called. 27. What is simple past tense? A) An action is happening right now, or when it happens regularly. B) Actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and were still going on when another event occurred. C) Things that happened or completed action in the past. D) Unfinished action or event that will be in progress at a given point in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Things that happened or completed action in the past. 28. Choose the correct answer.When I ..... at the bungalow, the gardener ..... grass. A) Arrived, cut. B) Arriving, cutting. C) Was arriving, was cutting. D) Arrived, was cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived, was cutting. 29. Mrs Adam was ..... dinner at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. A) Had. B) Hasing. C) Having. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having. 30. When bunda Anggi met bunda Cindy, she was ..... a bike A) Ride. B) Drive. C) Rides. D) Riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Riding. 31. Complete the sentence to show an action was in progress at a specific past time:At 8 p.m. last night, my dad ..... dinner. A) Cooks. B) Was cooking. C) Cooked. D) Is cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 32. He was ..... (watch) his favorite television program A) Watch. B) Watching. C) Watched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watching. 33. When it ..... to rain, our dog ..... to come inside. A) Started/ was going. B) Was strating/ went. C) Starts/ goes. D) Was started/ went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started/ was going. 34. I was doing my homework when the stone ..... the window. A) Hit. B) Was hitting. C) Hitted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hit. 35. It is five to seven, artinya ..... A) Sekarang pukul 5 kurang 7 menit. B) Sekarang pukul 7 lewat 5 menit. C) Sekarang pukul 7 kurang 5 menit. D) Sekarang pukul 5 lewat 7 menit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sekarang pukul 7 lewat 5 menit. 36. What was your Mom doing yesterday? A) She was cooking. B) She were cooking. C) She were cook. D) She were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was cooking. 37. Complete the sentence:Yesterday at the picnic, I ..... (drink) some mango juice when Maggie bumped into me! A) Was drinking. B) Drank. C) Am drinking. D) Will drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was drinking. 38. The telephone was ringing while he ..... an email. A) Is typing. B) Has typing. C) Was typing. D) Type. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was typing. 39. Where ..... these beautiful shoes? A) Did you bought. B) Were you buying. C) Did you buy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you buy. 40. I ..... (drop) my mobile when I ..... (text)my friend. A) Was dropping, texted. B) Droped, were texting. C) Droped, was texting. D) Droped, texted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Droped, was texting. 41. Wiliam and Peter ..... (listen) to music when I came yesterday A) Are listening. B) Were listening. C) Listening. D) Listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were listening. 42. Yesterday we ..... basketball. A) Were playing. B) Plays. C) Are playing. D) Is playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 43. Caleb ..... for three hours before we met. A) Has been waiting. B) Had been waiting. C) Was waited. D) Has waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 44. Bani and Risti were ..... video games when their mother ..... back A) Playing-coming. B) Play-come. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing-coming. 45. The lady ..... (buy) a dress when her husband called her. A) Was buying. B) Is buying. C) Were buying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was buying. 46. The workers ..... resting under a tree now. A) Am. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 47. The mobile rang while we ..... a movie. A) Were watch. B) Were watched. C) Were watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were watching. 48. My friend and I ( not/ sleep) ..... at 9 a.m last Tuesday. A) Didn't sleep. B) Don't sleep. C) Wasn't sleeping. D) Weren't sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weren't sleeping. 49. 4] Was she not ..... her dresses? A) Washes. B) Washed. C) Wash. D) Washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Washing. 50. Complete the sentence to show one action interrupting another:I was walking to school when it suddenly ..... to rain. A) Started. B) Is starting. C) Was starting. D) Starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 51. Chinki and Minki are ..... the bell now. A) Rang. B) Ringing. C) Ring. D) Rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ringing. 52. Nam and Lan ( read) ..... books at 8 p.m yesterday. A) Reads. B) Read. C) Were reading. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were reading. 53. When Jackie ..... the piano, his friend ..... him. A) Played, was calling. B) Was playing, called. C) Playing, called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing, called. 54. Complete the sentence:My friends ..... for the school bus when I saw them this morning. A) Were waiting. B) Is waiting. C) Waited. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were waiting. 55. Cooking / she / pasta / was /. A) She cooking was pasta. B) She wasn't cooking pasta. C) She was cooking pasta. D) Was She cooking pasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was cooking pasta. 56. Was / around / you / I / saw / when / walking / i / the road A) I was walking around the road when i saw you. B) I walking around the road i saw you when. C) When i saw you walking around the road. D) I saw you walking around the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was walking around the road when i saw you. 57. What was she drinking at the cafe? A) She can drink a tea. B) She will drink a tea. C) She was drinking tea. D) She never drinks tea. E) She likes drinking tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was drinking tea. 58. The robber ..... the house then ran out A) Steals. B) Stole. C) Steal. D) Was stealing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stole. 59. Min Hin ..... in Engilsh class. A) Was dreaming. B) Was dreams. C) Were dream. D) Were dreaming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was dreaming. 60. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$They ..... (dance) at the party all evening. A) Was dancing. B) Danced. C) Were dancing. D) None of the above. 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