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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 6] When the teacher ..... , I ..... A) Was arriving / was sleeping. B) Arrived / was sleeping. C) Was arriving / slept. D) Arrived / slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived / was sleeping. 2. When her train got to the station, we ..... (wait)on the platform A) Were waiting. B) Wait. C) Waiting. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were waiting. 3. If your mom asks, 'Were you and your sister arguing?', what is the correct short answer to say no? A) No, we aren't. B) No, we wasn't. C) No, we didn't. D) No, we weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No, we weren't. 4. Questions no 4-7Complete these sentences. I ..... (wait) for my friends when the bus ..... (arrive) A) Were waiting, arriving. B) Waited, was arrive. C) Was waiting, arrived. D) Was wait, was arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was waiting, arrived. 5. We ..... (study) for the test. A) Is studying. B) Are studying. C) Was studying. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were studying. 6. Jo and John were singing, but we ..... A) Were dancing. B) Danced. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were dancing. 7. We were going to the bank ..... A) Yesterday. B) Right now. C) At the present. D) At the moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday. 8. 3] We ..... under the tree. A) Was sitting. B) Were sat. C) Sitting. D) Were sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sitting. 9. What is an example of a Past Continuous Tense sentence? A) I was watching TV when the phone rang. B) I watch TV every day. C) I will watch TV tomorrow. D) I watched TV yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was watching TV when the phone rang. 10. They ..... (talk) on the phone when the boss ..... (arrive) at the office. A) Were talking, arrived. B) Was talking, arrived. C) Were talking, was arriving. D) Talked, arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were talking, arrived. 11. Complete the sentence with the best word order:He ..... for the game to start when his phone rang. A) Was patiently waiting. B) Was waiting patiently. C) Waiting was patiently. D) Patiently was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was patiently waiting. 12. My brother and I ( am listening, are listening ) to the radio. A) Am listening. B) Are listening. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are listening. 13. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$While we ..... (explore) the ancient ruins, it started to rain. A) Was exploring. B) Were exploring. C) Was explored. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were exploring. 14. Which question is grammatically correct for asking about an ongoing activity in the past? A) What were you doing at the park?. B) What you did at the park?. C) What you were doing at the park?. D) What were you do at the park?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What were you doing at the park?. 15. Some crocodiles ..... (swim) towards Pak Pandir. He did not notice them. A) Is swimming. B) Were swimming. C) Was swimming. D) Are swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were swimming. 16. Bagas was ..... around the block while Nata was ..... at their backyard yesterday. A) Run, skipping. B) Running, skipping. C) Run, skip. D) Running, skipped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running, skipping. 17. Someone asks, 'Were they waiting for the bus?' Which is a correct short answer? A) No, they weren't waiting. B) No, they didn't. C) Yes, they were. D) Yes, they was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes, they were. 18. I was ..... My cat A) Was wishpered. B) Have wishpering. C) Were wishpering. D) Was wishpering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was wishpering. 19. Complete the sentence:Fendi and his friend ..... to the teacher a minute ago. A) Will talk. B) Are talking. C) Talked. D) Were talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were talking. 20. I was ..... a car when the accident suddenly happen A) Driving. B) Driven. C) Drove. D) Drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Driving. 21. .... James inventing a toy yesterday morning? A) Did. B) Had. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 22. While the man ..... (water) the plants, a bee stung him. A) Was watering. B) Were watering. C) Is watering. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watering. 23. If someone asks, 'What were you doing at 8 PM last night?', which answer best describes an action in progress at that specific time? A) I finished my homework. B) I did my homework. C) I do my homework. D) I was doing my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was doing my homework. 24. Games / was / computer / Bob / playing / A) Bon playing was computer games. B) Bob was playing computer games. C) Bob was games playing computer. D) Bob computer games was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bob was playing computer games. 25. The boys ..... in the badminton court yesterday afternoon. A) Was playing. B) Is playing. C) Are making. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 26. Last month I ..... to Cochabamba. A) Were traveling. B) Was travel. C) Was traveling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was traveling. 27. Alex ..... (wait) for a bus when I saw him. A) Was waitin. B) Waited. C) Was waiting. D) Was waitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was waiting. 28. Change this sentence into English:Rina tidak sedang menyimpan dokumen di atas mejaku tadi malam A) Rina wasn't saving document on my desk last night. B) Was rina saving document on my desk last night?. C) Rina weren't saving document on my desk last night. D) Rina was saving document on my desk last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rina wasn't saving document on my desk last night. 29. I did not understand what they were talking about A) Did not/ were talking. B) Did not/ talked. C) Did not/ was talking. D) Do not/ were talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did not/ were talking. 30. Complete the sentence:My friends and I ..... for the school bus when it started to rain. A) Was waiting. B) Is waiting. C) Waited. D) Were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were waiting. ← 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