This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Brad feels sad for his friends ..... him. A) Are ignoring. B) Were ignoring. C) Is ignoring. D) Was ignoring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are ignoring. 2. He ..... playing football this morning. A) Were. B) Was. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 3. You ..... in the bedroom all night yesterday A) Is sleeping. B) Was sleeping. C) Were sleeping. D) Are sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were sleeping. 4. Luckily a farmer noticed me and told me to come in. A) Notices/ told. B) Noticed/ telling. C) Notices/ tell. D) Noticed/ told. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noticed/ told. 5. We ..... dinner when you called round. A) Didn't have. B) Weren't having. C) Didn't be having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't having. 6. Jenny ..... for me when I ..... A) Wait / arrive. B) Was waitting / arrived. C) Waited / arrived. D) Was wait / arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was waitting / arrived. 7. Mother was cooking dinner ..... father arrived. A) Were. B) While. C) When. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 8. Aku tidak sedang tidur pagi tadi. (-) A) I were sleeping this morning. B) I weren't sleeping this morning. C) I wasn't sleeping this morning. D) I was sleeping this morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I wasn't sleeping this morning. 9. We ..... (cross) the street when the traffic lights ..... (turn) red. A) Was crossed, turned. B) Were crossing, turned. C) Crossed, was turning. D) Was crossing, turned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were crossing, turned. 10. Complete the sentence:My brother ..... a comic book when I walked in. A) Were reading. B) Read. C) Is reading. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 11. I ..... (watch) a DVD when my cat ..... (jump) on me A) Watched / jump. B) Watched / was jumped. C) Was watched / jumped. D) Was watching / jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching / jumped. 12. Complete this sentence to show two actions happening at the same time:My sister was listening to music while she ..... her homework. A) Was doing. B) Did. C) Were doing. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing. 13. James ..... (play) bingo when the lights ..... (go) out. A) Were playing, went. B) Was playing, went. C) Were playing, were going. D) Played, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing, went. 14. Bunda Zeni was ..... an article when her baby boy cried A) Writing. B) Writen. C) Wrote. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writing. 15. Complete the sentence with the verbs in the Past Continuous Tense form. Yesterday my sister and I went to thepark. While I ..... a book on a bench, she ..... with her friends. A) Was reading; was playing. B) Reading; playing. C) Read;play. D) Were reading; was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading; was playing. 16. Was she coming home last night?The sentence above belongs to ..... A) Interrogative sentence. B) Imperative sentence. C) Negative sentence. D) Positive sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interrogative sentence. 17. As the fox ..... attacking the sheep, the farmer came. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 18. We ..... dinner last night when we heard a loud explosion. A) Were having. B) Had been having. C) Are having. D) Had had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were having. 19. True or False:To form the past continuous tense, you use the verb 'be' in the past (was/were) and add '-ing' to the main verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. While mom was cooking dinner, someone ..... at the door. A) Knocked. B) Knocks. C) Were knocking. D) Was knocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knocked. 21. The burglars ..... robbing my house at 11 o'clock last night. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 22. What you ( do ) ..... at 9 p.m yesterday? A) Is you doing. B) Are you doing. C) Were you doing. D) Was you doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you doing. 23. The businessman ..... at the company on Sunday morning. A) Wasn't working. B) Didn't work. C) Isn't working. D) Don't work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't working. 24. Saw/ a falling star / We / fishing / were / in a lake / when / going A) When we fishing in a lake, we saw stars. B) We saw a falling star when we were fishing in a lake. C) Fishing in a lake, we saw a falling star. D) We saw a falling star in a lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We saw a falling star when we were fishing in a lake. 25. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$The children ..... (play) outside when it got dark. A) Was playing. B) Is played. C) Were playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 26. Shin Yee ..... from one room to the next room because she was so excited to be in her new house . A) Were running. B) Running. C) Is running. D) Was running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was running. 27. Why / the cars / run / late (Past Continuous) A) Why did the cars run late?. B) Why the cars were running late?. C) Why were the cars running late?. D) Why the cars did run late?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why were the cars running late?. 28. You ..... (not)working very hard yesterday A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't. 29. What were you doing? A) I was helping my dad. B) I help my dad. C) I helps my dad. D) I were helping my dad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was helping my dad. 30. Jing Heng's parents are in his room. They ..... him to take part in sports. A) Was encouraging. B) Is encouraging. C) Are encouraging. D) Were encouraging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are encouraging. ← 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