This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The workers ..... the wires yesterday. A) Is connecting. B) Were connecting. C) Are connecting. D) Was connecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were connecting. 2. I ..... a sandwich when the phone rang. A) Was making. B) Were making. C) Made. D) Is making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was making. 3. The boy is playing football. A) Present Tense. B) Past Tense. C) Present Continuous. D) Future Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present Continuous. 4. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:I looked for you at the party, but you ..... A) Didn't dancing. B) Not were dancing. C) Weren't dancing. D) Wasn't dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't dancing. 5. They ..... to their teacher while my mother was explaining. A) Were listening. B) Listening. C) Was listening. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were listening. 6. Tisha ..... when she fell and hurt her leg. A) Were dancing. B) Dances. C) Danced. D) Was dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was dancing. 7. Complete the sentence:The students ..... quietly on their project when the principal walked in. A) Is working. B) Are working. C) Were working. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were working. 8. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$She ..... (hum) a song while cooking dinner. A) Was humming. B) Was hummed. C) Were hummed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was humming. 9. One man ..... the grass while his wife was ..... strawberries. A) Was mowing/ was picking. B) Was mowing/ picked. C) Mowed/ picking. D) Mowed/ picked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was mowing/ was picking. 10. Sally ( am working, is working ) diligently on her Science project. A) Am working. B) Is working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is working. 11. ..... going home? A) Were you. B) Were. C) Was. D) You were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you. 12. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$He ..... (drive) to work when it started to rain. A) Was driving. B) Were driving. C) Was drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 13. While my father ..... news on TV, I ..... my homework. A) Was watching / was doing. B) Watched / did. C) Was watching / was done. D) Watched / was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching / was doing. 14. My sisters were sleeping when a person ..... loudly at the door. A) Knocked. B) Was knocked. C) Knocking. D) A knock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knocked. 15. In 2010, we ..... (live) in a small flat in London. A) Were live. B) Was living. C) Was live. D) Were living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were living. 16. Choose the best way to turn this statement into a yes/no question:'They were studying for the science test.' A) Did they were studying for the science test?. B) Studying for the science test were they?. C) Were they studying for the science test?. D) They were studying for the science test?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were they studying for the science test?. 17. Which question is the grammatically correct way to ask about a past ongoing action? A) What were you doing yesterday?. B) What you were doing yesterday?. C) What did you were doing yesterday?. D) What you did do yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What were you doing yesterday?. 18. They ..... books when the telephone ..... A) Read/rang. B) Read/was ringing. C) Were reading/ rang. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were reading/ rang. 19. Choose the sentence that correctly describes two actions happening at the same time in the past. A) I was doing homework while my brother was playing video games. B) I did homework while my brother was playing video games. C) I did homework when my brother was playing video games. D) I was doing homework while my brother played video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was doing homework while my brother was playing video games. 20. 8] While my father ..... news on TV, I ..... my homework. A) Watched / did. B) Watched / was doing. C) Was watching / was doing. D) Was watching / was done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching / was doing. 21. I ..... (rest) on the sofa when the postman came. A) Was resting. B) Were resting. C) Am resting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was resting. 22. My mother ..... cooking in the kitchen at 6 am this morning A) Were. B) Are. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 23. True or False:The sentence 'He was knowing the answer' is a common and correct way to talk about a past state of mind. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. What is the importance of using Past Continuous Tense in storytelling? A) It helps to create a vivid picture of what was happening at a specific time in the past. B) It allows the writer to express future actions. C) It is used to indicate completed actions in the past. D) It helps to summarize the main events of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helps to create a vivid picture of what was happening at a specific time in the past. 25. While she ..... her family, they had a birthday party for her. A) Visit. B) Were visiting. C) Was visitting. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was visitting. 26. Frank and Mink ..... to the beach 7 o'clock yesterday. A) Aren't, going. B) Weren't, going. C) Isn't, going. D) Wasn't, going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't, going. 27. The telephone ( ring) ..... while I was cleaning the house. A) Were ringing. B) Rang. C) Has ring. D) Rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 28. We ..... meeting at 9a.m yesterday. A) Are having. B) Is having. C) Was having. D) Were having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were having. 29. Chuck had left the house before I ..... (CALL). A) Called. B) Had called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 30. Adela ..... the guitar while the other girls ..... A) Was plaing were singing. B) Playing singing. C) Was playing were singing. D) Is playing were singing. 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