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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The man ..... (guard) the king's treasure when the warriors found him. A) Guards. B) Were guarding. C) Was guarding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was guarding. 2. The phone rang ..... I was studying A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 3. I was ..... a story in my diary yesterday A) Taking. B) Listening. C) Writing. D) Talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing. 4. Change this sentence into English:Aku tidak sedang mendengarkan radio selasa lalu A) I not listening radio last tuesday. B) I weren't listening radio last tuesday. C) I was listening radio last tuesday. D) I wasn't listening radio last tuesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I wasn't listening radio last tuesday. 5. Which one is the correct sentence structure for past continuous tense (active voice) A) Subject +had + past participle. B) Subject + will/shall + root word. C) Subject + am/is/are + verb-ing. D) Subject + was/were + verb-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject + was/were + verb-ing. 6. At 8:00, we began to work.At 8:30, we ..... A) Will work. B) Are working. C) Were working. D) Have worked. E) Don't work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were working. 7. Medina wasn't sleeping but she ..... in the kitchen yesterday A) Were. B) Was cooking. C) Were cooking. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 8. True or False:The sentence 'He was play soccer' is a grammatically correct example of the past continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Complete the sentence to show two simultaneous actions:He ..... the video game instructions ..... his friend was setting up the console. A) Readed, while. B) Was reading, while. C) Read, when. D) Was reading, when. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading, while. 10. While the girl ..... (read) a book, the chair ..... (break). A) Reading/ broken. B) Was reading/ broken. C) Read/ broke. D) Read/ was breaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading/ broken. 11. She ..... an elephant while she was walking to the bank. A) Saw. B) Is seeing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 12. ..... I was doing the gardening, the telephone rang. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 13. While the old man ..... looking for a long stick, the mousedeer escaped. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 14. The lion ( is hunting, was hunting ) for its prey just now. A) Is hunting. B) Was hunting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was hunting. 15. She ..... singing now A) Am. B) Is. C) Are. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 16. What/ doing/ were/ yesterday/?/ you A) What you doing yesterday?. B) What were you doing yesterday?. C) What was you doing yesterday?. D) What you were doing yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What were you doing yesterday?. 17. Susan ..... playing volleyball. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 18. While we ..... TV, the lights went off. A) Were watching. B) Watched. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching. 19. If your friend asks, 'Were you listening to the teacher?', what is the correct positive short answer? A) Yes, I did. B) Yes, I was. C) Yes, I was listening. D) Yes, I were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, I was. 20. ..... Justin ..... songs on his concert at this time last year? A) Are, singing. B) Were, singing. C) Did, sing. D) Was, singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was, singing. 21. One of the ladies ..... television when the accident happened. A) Are watching. B) Was watching. C) Were watching. D) Is watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 22. She ..... catching the ball. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 23. Lina ..... (read) at 3 o'clock. A) Is read. B) Were reading. C) Was reading. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 24. James ..... medicine for years when he realized he didn't wan to be a doctor. A) Studied. B) Was studying. C) Had been studying. D) Has studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been studying. 25. Past continuous tense can be used to ..... A) Describes event that already happened in the past. B) Describes ongoing event that was happening at some points in the past. C) Talk about action that were completed before some points in the past. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Describes ongoing event that was happening at some points in the past. 26. Read the sentence:'She were trying to fix the computer, but it wasn't work.' Which revision corrects the errors? A) She was trying to fix the computer, but it wasn't work. B) She were trying to fix the computer, but it wasn't working. C) She was trying to fix the computer, but it wasn't working. D) She was trying to fix the computer, but it didn't working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was trying to fix the computer, but it wasn't working. 27. We ..... yesterday. A) Was play video games. B) Were play video games. C) Were palying video games. D) Was playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were palying video games. 28. She ..... looking for information about endangered animals on the Internet for her science project. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 29. What is the correct past continuous form of 'get' for 'I'? A) I was getting. B) I gets. C) I were getting. D) I am getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was getting. 30. Which sentence is correct for 'the dogs (chase) the cat'? A) The dogs are chasing the cat. B) The dogs was chasing the cat. C) The dogs were chasing the cat. D) The dogs chases the cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dogs were chasing the cat. 31. She was ..... when I ..... to her house last night. A) Cries, coming. B) Cried, coming. C) Crying, came. D) Crying, come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crying, came. 32. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$I ..... (start) from home when the meeting finished. A) Is starting. B) Started. C) Was starting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was starting. 33. When my father ..... the room, I ..... mobile legends in my phone. A) Was entering; was playing. B) Was entering; played. C) Entered; played. D) Entered; was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entered; was playing. 34. She ..... when I entered the room. A) Are dancing. B) Is dancing. C) Was danced. D) Was dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was dancing. 35. My mother ..... (bake) a cake. A) Were bakeing. B) Were baking. C) Was baking. D) Was bakeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was baking. 36. One of the girls ..... TV when the accident happened. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Are watching. D) Is watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 37. When he ..... at the festival, everyone ..... the parade. A) Arrived, was watching. B) Arrived, is watching. C) Arrives, watches. D) Arrived, were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived, was watching. 38. Muhammad's cousins ..... the house last week. A) Painted. B) Painting. C) Paints. D) Paint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Painted. 39. Which sentence below is the best way to describe a background scene in a story using the past continuous tense? A) The sun set and the birds flew home. B) The sun was bright and the birds were happy. C) The sun was setting, a cool wind was blowing, and birds were singing their evening songs. D) The sun sets, a cool wind blows, and birds sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun was setting, a cool wind was blowing, and birds were singing their evening songs. 40. Helen ..... in the park when a dog attacked her. A) Was walking. B) Walks. C) Are walks. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 41. Why ..... your brother ..... his bicycle so fast? A) Was, riding. B) Were, riding. C) Was, ride. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, riding. 42. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$She ..... (watch) TV when I called her. A) Was watched. B) Were watched. C) Was watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 43. While I ..... to music, they ..... television. A) Listened, were washing. B) Listened, watched. C) Was listening, were washing. D) Was listening, were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was listening, were watching. 44. The school gardener ..... (dig) in the school garden all yesterday evening. A) Were digging. B) Was digging. C) Is digging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was digging. 45. What is the past continuous form of 'blow' for the wind? A) The wind is blowing. B) The wind was blowing. C) The wind were blowing. D) The wind blows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wind was blowing. 46. You ..... when we ..... home . A) Were sleeping/ arrived. B) Sleep/arrive. C) Slept/arrive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were sleeping/ arrived. 47. My mother ..... preparing dessert when her friends came to visit her. A) Am. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 48. A machine that sucks up dust and dirt on the floor as you push it around. A) Oven. B) Hairdryer. C) Dishwasher. D) Vacuum Cleaner. E) Microwave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vacuum Cleaner. 49. He ..... kicking the ball A) Are. B) Had. C) Is. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 50. My sisters and I ..... (plan) for a vacation. A) Plan. B) Were planning. C) Planning. D) Are planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were planning. 51. Many rabbits were ..... in the farmer's field. (hop) A) Hopying. B) Hopping. C) Hopeing. D) Hoping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hopping. 52. The phone ..... when I was doing my homework. A) Ring. B) Rang. C) Did ring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 53. I ..... dinner when I suddenly ..... a loud bang. A) Had/ heard. B) Had dinner/ was hearing. C) Have had dinner/ heard. D) Was having/ heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was having/ heard. 54. A student wrote this sentence to show they were annoyed:'He was always interrupt the class with silly jokes.' How should this sentence be corrected? A) He was always interrupting the class with silly jokes. B) He was always interrupted the class with silly jokes. C) He always was interrupt the class with silly jokes. D) He were always interrupting the class with silly jokes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was always interrupting the class with silly jokes. 55. Complete the sentence to show one action interrupting another:The doorbell rang just as we ..... the movie. A) Were starting. B) Was starting. C) Start. D) Started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were starting. 56. All of you ..... just now. A) Is hiding. B) Are hiding. C) Was hiding. D) Were hiding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were hiding. 57. As we ..... (walk) in the park. It ..... (start) to rain. A) Walked, started. B) Walked, was starting. C) Were walking, was starting. D) Were walking, started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were walking, started. 58. I ..... walking home when I saw the car accident. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 59. Several houses ..... (build) by the construction workers last week. A) Were being built. B) Was building. C) Had been built. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were being built. 60. What ..... you doing when I ..... you last night? A) Did, was. B) Were, called. C) Are, calling. D) Is, called. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were, called. ← 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