This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mei Ling and her sister ..... (swim) in the pool when it started to rain. A) Was swimming. B) Were swimming. C) Are swimming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were swimming. 2. I ..... (eat) a sandwich when someone shouted, 'There's a fire in the school!' A) Were eating. B) Eating. C) Ate. D) Was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was eating. 3. The tiger ..... for its prey just now. A) Were hunting. B) Was hunting. C) Is hunting. D) Are hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was hunting. 4. She was exhausted because she (work) since eight o'clock that morning. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 5. I ..... hear the thunder during the storm last night because I was sleeping. Kata yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat tersebut adalah A) Did. B) Do. C) Do not. D) Did not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did not. 6. I couldn't answer your call because I ..... (drive) A) Were driving. B) Drived. C) Was driving. D) Drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was driving. 7. Complete the sentence:We ..... attention in class, so the teacher got upset. A) Not were paying. B) Didn't paying. C) Weren't paying. D) Wasn't paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't paying. 8. The pupils ..... singing when the lights went out. A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 9. You ..... calling me when i was taking a bath A) Was. B) Are. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 10. ..... they still ..... (clean up) the mess at 10 am today? A) Were, cleaning up. B) Was, cleaning up. C) Did, clean up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, cleaning up. 11. While I ..... for the bus, she called me A) Were waiting. B) Was waiting. C) Was wait. D) Was waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was waiting. 12. When they came here, I ..... (watch) TV. A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Watch. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 13. Complete the sentence:You and your friends ..... really loud during the movie last night. A) Is laughing. B) Were laughing. C) Are laughing. D) Was laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were laughing. 14. My classmate and I ..... studying together at the library. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 15. Lisa ..... (talk) on her phone. A) Was talking. B) Were talking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking. 16. The boy ..... (fall off) his board while he ..... (skate) in the park. A) Was falling off/ skated. B) Fell off/ was skating. C) Fell of/ were skating. D) Fell off/ skated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fell off/ was skating. 17. Choose the correct past continuous form to complete the sentence:'They ..... (play) soccer when it started to rain.' A) Played. B) Were playing. C) Was playing. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 18. Hafizi ..... the newspaper when his taxi arrived. A) Are reading. B) Was reading. C) Is reading. D) Were reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 19. Mother ..... the newspaper while we ..... our homework. A) Was reading, were doing. B) Were reading, was doing. C) Are reading, does. D) Is reading, are doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading, were doing. 20. When the phone rang, She ..... (write ) a letter. A) Is writing. B) Were writing. C) Was wrote. D) Was writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was writing. 21. When we (arive) ..... at the restaurant, the place (be) ..... full. A) Were arriving / was. B) Arrived / was. C) Was / arrived. D) Arrived / were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived / was. 22. We ..... chess last Sunday. A) Hadn't played. B) Haven't played. C) Didn't played. D) Didn't play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't play. 23. My friends ..... to the concert last weekend A) Was going. B) Were went. C) Were going. D) Was went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were going. 24. You ..... (sleep) more than ten hours. A) Were sleeping. B) Was sleeping. C) Was sleep. D) Were sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were sleeping. 25. Complete the sentence:I saw you yesterday, but you ..... attention. A) Wasn't paying. B) Not were paying. C) Weren't paying. D) Didn't paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't paying. 26. Eko and Yoga ..... Soccer on the field when they ..... the money. A) Is playing, finding. B) Was playing, found. C) Played, find. D) Were playing, found. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing, found. 27. My mom ..... in the sea when she saw a dolphin. A) Were swiming. B) Was swimming. C) Were swimming. D) Was swiming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was swimming. 28. Last year at this time, I ..... school. A) Was attending. B) Am attending. C) Can attend. D) Attending. E) Attend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was attending. 29. Jean ..... (drive) his new car when we saw her. A) Was driven. B) Was driving. C) Drives. D) Is driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving. 30. What is the correct past continuous form of 'practice' for the girls? A) The girls practices. B) The girls were practicing. C) The girls are practicing. D) The girls was practicing. 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