This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The cat ..... (scratch) the furniture when I caught it. A) Scratched. B) Was scratching. C) Was scratch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was scratching. 2. Was he ..... (speak) German? A) Speaked. B) Speaking. C) Speak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaking. 3. Past Continuous Tense is ..... A) Aktifitas yang sedang berlangsung. B) Aktifitas yang sedang berlalu. C) Aktifitas yang sedang terjadi di masa lampau. D) Aktifitas yang sudah berlalu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aktifitas yang sedang terjadi di masa lampau. 4. My friends weren't listening to the teacher when she explained the lesson.The sentence above belongs to ..... A) Positive sentence. B) Negative sentence. C) Imperative sentence. D) Interrogative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative sentence. 5. I ..... (watch) the match on TV when the phone ..... (ring). A) Watched, was ringing. B) Were watching, rang. C) Watched, were ringing. D) Was watching, rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching, rang. 6. While Reno ..... , his sister called. A) Was play game. B) Playing game. C) Game playing. D) Was playing game. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was playing game. 7. 1] I ..... homework at 10 p.m. yesterday. A) Was doing. B) Were doing. C) Was do. D) Was done. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing. 8. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The baby ..... (giggle) while playing with the puppy. A) Were giggling. B) Was giggled. C) Was giggling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was giggling. 9. Joe and Lanna (read) ..... books at 8 p.m yesterday. A) Were reading. B) Read. C) Was reading. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were reading. 10. When the telephone ..... , I was taking a bath. A) Is ringing. B) Rings. C) Were ringing. D) Rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rang. 11. Joseph ..... (ride) a camel for the whole morning yesterday. A) Were riding. B) Are riding. C) Was riding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was riding. 12. Sasi ..... eating a bowl when her sister called her. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 13. True or False:The sentence 'My friends waiting for me at the mall' is a complete and correct sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. They ..... (play) tennis at 11 a.m yesterday. A) Is playing. B) Was playing. C) Are playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 15. Adela ..... while the other girls ..... . A) Was dancing / were singing. B) Were dancing / were singing. C) Was dancing / was singing. D) Is dancing / are dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was dancing / were singing. 16. Rina:Wow ..... That was, like, fast. They ..... any materials when they arrived for the first time, right? A) Were not preparing. B) Was not preparing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were not preparing. 17. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The dog ..... (dig) a hole when its owner called it. A) Was dugging. B) Was dug. C) Was digging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was digging. 18. At eight a o'clock last night, I ..... a novel. A) Did reading. B) Am reading. C) Was reading. D) Were reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 19. When she ..... (cook) dinner yesterday evening, she accidently cut her hand. A) Was cooking. B) Cooks. C) Cooked. D) Were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 20. She was ..... a beuatiful scenery A) Painting. B) Paint. C) Painted. D) Paints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Painting. 21. Farah ..... cooking with her mother yesterday A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 22. My friend Sandy and I ..... (chat) outside the school when the firemen arrived. A) Were chatting. B) Chatting. C) Was chating. D) Were chat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were chatting. 23. While Tom ..... the piano, his mother ..... the washing-up. A) Was playing/ did. B) Is playing/ is doing. C) Played/ did. D) Was playing/ was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing/ did. 24. What did you say? I ..... to you. A) Didn't listening. B) Don't listen. C) Wasn't listening. D) Am not listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't listening. 25. Complete the sentence:At 7 PM last night, I ..... my homework. A) Was doing. B) Were doing. C) Did. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing. 26. Ilyas and his brother ..... drinking chocolate milk when his cousin slept. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 27. My best friend ..... (not/call) me yesterday A) Not calling. B) Was not calling. C) Were not calling. D) Didn't calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was not calling. 28. What / your / dog / eat (Past Continuous) A) What your dog was eating?. B) What did your dog eat?. C) What your dog did eat?. D) What was your dog eating?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What was your dog eating?. 29. I was listening to the radio when Adam ..... A) Phones. B) Phoned. C) Was phoning. D) Phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phoned. 30. What is the correct past continuous form of 'play' for Raju? A) Raju was playing. B) Raju plays. C) Raju is playing. D) Raju were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raju was playing. 31. Complete the sentence to form a negative statement:I missed the call because my phone ..... working properly. A) Didn't. B) Wasn't. C) Weren't. D) Isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 32. The verb in Past Continuous Tense describes actions taking place ..... A) In the future. B) N the present. C) In the past. D) None of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the past. 33. Father ..... TV when he ..... the news. A) Was watching; heard. B) Watched; heard. C) Watched; was hearing. D) Were watching; heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching; heard. 34. What is the-ing form of 'help'? A) Helping. B) Helling. C) Helpping. D) Helped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helping. 35. Were you ..... when I called you last night? A) Slept. B) Sleep. C) Sleeping. D) Were slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleeping. 36. Miss Lam ..... (cut) her finger when she ..... (peel) the apple. A) Cutted, was peeling. B) Was cutting, peeled. C) Cut, was peeling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut, was peeling. 37. We use Past continuous tense A) For the action that will happen in the future. B) For an action is happening in the present. C) For an action that has already happened in the past. D) To talk about actions in progress around a particular time in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To talk about actions in progress around a particular time in the past. 38. Which of these shows the correct way to build the past continuous tense? A) Verb +-ed. B) Was/were + verb. C) Was/were + verb-ing. D) Will + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was/were + verb-ing. 39. Henry ..... when I went to his house yesterday. A) Bathes. B) Were bathing. C) Bathed. D) Was bathing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was bathing. 40. I ..... when I heard a loud knock on the door. A) Is sleeping. B) Was sleeping. C) Were sleeping. D) Am sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sleeping. 41. What ..... Add and Helen ..... when you broke the glass? A) Were / doing. B) Was / doing. C) Are / doing. D) Did / did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were / doing. 42. Choose the correct answer.You ..... to what I ..... A) Not listen, was saying. B) Did not listen, was saying. C) Did not listen, saying. D) Was not listening, said. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not listen, was saying. 43. Last week when ..... (I/shop) in a bookstore, I saw a book I've been looking for. A) I am shopping. B) I was shopped. C) I was shoping. D) I was shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was shopping. 44. She was surfing ..... the shark attacked her A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 45. They ..... home when the saw an accident. A) Drive. B) Were driving. C) Was driving. D) Drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were driving. 46. Complete the sentence:At 8 PM last night, I ..... a movie with my family. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Watched. D) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 47. Sally and Tom ..... their homework at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. A) Were doing. B) Did. C) Does. D) Was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were doing. 48. What were you doing last summer? A) I don't remember, leawe me alone!!!. B) I was swimming. C) I was danceing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was swimming. 49. I ..... for my purse when I dropped my credit card. A) Was looking. B) Looked. C) Was looked. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was looking. 50. ..... they ..... (play) cricket when she ..... (cry) A) Was/playing/was. B) Were/playing/was. C) Was/playing/were. D) Were/playing/were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were/playing/was. 51. Choose the right affirmative (+) sentence A) Anna was playing video games all night long. B) Anna was play video games all night long. C) Anna were playing video games all night long. D) Anna was not playing video games all night long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anna was playing video games all night long. 52. When the lights ..... , I ..... A) Was going out; studied. B) Went out; was studying. C) Went out; studied. D) Was going out; was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went out; was studying. 53. Choose the correct answer.When I last ..... Azim, he ..... the office. A) Saw, was leaving. B) Saw, left. C) Saw, leaving. D) See, is leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw, was leaving. 54. My teacher ( was teaching, is teaching ) us how to solve addition problems. A) Was teaching. B) Is teaching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is teaching. 55. I ..... cooking in the kitchen. A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 56. How do you form the Past Continuous Tense for singular subjects? A) Use 'was' + verb(-ing). B) Use 'were' + verb(-ing). C) Use 'is' + verb(-ing). D) Use 'has been' + verb(-ing). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use 'was' + verb(-ing). 57. Rahman ..... (ride) a camel for the whole morning yesterday. A) Were riding. B) Are riding. C) Was riding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was riding. 58. Which word correctly completes the sentence:The dogs ..... loudly in the backyard all afternoon. A) Were barking. B) Is barking. C) Are barking. D) Was barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were barking. 59. I ..... Paul at the library yesterday. A) Was meeting. B) Were meeting. C) Met. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Met. 60. Complete the sentence:At 10 p.m. last night, I ..... a book in my room. A) Am reading. B) Did read. C) Were reading. D) Was reading. 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