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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The door closed while everybody ..... up. A) Were standing. B) Was standing. C) Are standing. D) Standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was standing. 2. How would you correctly ask what someone was doing at a specific time last night? A) What you were doing at 9 PM?. B) What were you doing at 9 PM?. C) What did you do at 9 PM?. D) What you did at 9 PM?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What were you doing at 9 PM?. 3. Apakah kamu sedang mengerjakan PR semalam (?) A) Were you doing homework last night?. B) You weren't doing homework last night. C) Were you doing homework last yesterday?. D) You were doing homework last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you doing homework last night?. 4. The boy ..... sleeping in a tent. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 5. I ..... my work at 3 o'clock yesterday. A) Finishes. B) Finish. C) Was finishing. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was finishing. 6. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given.Samson ..... 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. 7. Kamala ..... her favourite book right now. A) Were reading. B) Is reading. C) Was reading. D) Are reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is reading. 8. True or False:The sentence 'They weren't paying attention in class' is a correct negative sentence in the past continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. As long as one group ..... dinner, the others were collecting woods for fire. A) Is preparing. B) Preparing. C) Was preparing. D) Prepare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was preparing. 10. While Sara ..... the dishes, her sister wiped the dining table. A) Washes. B) Were washing. C) Was washing. D) Washed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was washing. 11. Your friend wrote this note:'The kids running around the park.' What is the best way to fix this sentence fragment using the past continuous tense? A) The kids are running around the park. B) The kids was running around the park. C) The kids runned around the park. D) The kids were running around the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The kids were running around the park. 12. Change this sentence into English:Apakah nenekku sedang menyebrang jalan sepuluh menit yang lalu? A) Was my grandma crossing the road ten minutes ago?. B) Were my grandma crossing the road ten minutes ago?. C) My grandma crossing the road ten minutes ago. D) My grandma wasn't crossing the road ten minutes ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was my grandma crossing the road ten minutes ago?. 13. You weren't ..... with someone in the restaurant last night A) Paying. B) Eating. C) Buying. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating. 14. He ..... when his father came home. A) Cry. B) Were crying. C) Cried. D) Was crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was crying. 15. My mom and dad ..... dinner last night A) Were cooking. B) Was cooking. C) Are cooking. D) Is cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were cooking. 16. She met them at the station while she ..... (wait) for her train. A) Was waiting. B) Wanted. C) Waited. D) Were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was waiting. 17. Cooking / she / pasta / was /.Tick the right sentence. A) She cooking was pasta. B) She was cooking pasta. C) She wasn't cooking pasta. D) Was She cooking pasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was cooking pasta. 18. The wind ..... strongly and it ..... very heavily last two days. A) Was blowing, was raining. B) Blows, rains. C) Is blowing, is raining. D) Were blowing, were raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was blowing, was raining. 19. Complete the sentence:We ..... sleeping when the police came. A) Are. B) Was. C) Were. D) Weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weren't. 20. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$We ..... (explore) the city all day yesterday. A) Were exploring. B) Was exploring. C) Is explored. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were exploring. 21. The motorcyclist knocked down the old man while he ( is crossing, was crossing ) the road. A) Is crossing. B) Was crossing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was crossing. 22. True or False:The sentence 'My phone wasn't working, so I couldn't call you' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Which sentence correctly uses 'always' with the past continuous to show that an action was annoying or happened too often? A) He was always forgetting his keys. B) He did always forget his keys. C) He always was forgetting his keys. D) He was forgetting always his keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was always forgetting his keys. 24. Mrs Adams was ..... dinner at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. A) Hasing. B) Had. C) Having. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having. 25. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$They ..... (argue) when the teacher entered the classroom. A) Were arguing. B) Was arguing. C) Was argued. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were arguing. 26. I was watching the TV when my mother ..... it off. A) Was practicing. B) Turn. C) Were turning. D) Turned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turned. 27. True or False:The word 'while' is typically used to connect two longer, ongoing actions that were happening at the same time in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. While people ..... to each other, he ..... his book. A) Talked/ was reading. B) Were talking/ was reading. C) Were talking/ read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were talking/ was reading. 29. Select the sentence that correctly shows a longer, ongoing action being interrupted by a shorter one. A) They watched a movie when they heard a noise. B) They were watching a movie when they heard a noise. C) They watched a movie when they were hearing a noise. D) They were watching a movie when they were hearing a noise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were watching a movie when they heard a noise. 30. When do we use the Past Continuous Tense? A) To indicate a completed action in the past. B) To describe habitual actions in the past. C) To express future intentions. D) To describe actions that were happening at a specific time in the past or to set the scene in a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To describe actions that were happening at a specific time in the past or to set the scene in a story. ← 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