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 (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" .(Interrogative sentences)}$ ..... the children ..... (draw) pictures during the lesson? A) Were, drawing. B) Was, drawing. C) Were, drawn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, drawing. 2. They ..... throwing the ball. A) Am. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 3. Were you hard working last week? A) Yes, I wasn't. B) Yes, I am. C) Yes, I do. D) Yes, I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes, I was. 4. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form in the past continuous tense:The athletes ..... very hard for the sports event last week. A) Practicing. B) Were practicing. C) Practiced. D) Was practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were practicing. 5. Kevin ..... (run) around the park on Tuesday. A) Was running. B) Were runing. C) Was runing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was running. 6. As Dan ..... into the bus, it suddenly started to move. A) Got. B) Were getting. C) Was getting. D) Gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was getting. 7. While I ..... (wait) for the bus, she called me. A) Was waiting. B) Was waitting. C) Was waited. D) Were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was waiting. 8. She was ..... the movie while her mother was ..... for dinner yesterday. A) Watched, cooked. B) Watch, cooking. C) Watching, cooking. D) Watching, cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watching, cooking. 9. It ..... (rain) when I got up this morning. A) Was raining. B) Are raining. C) Were raining. D) Am raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining. 10. True or False:You can use the past continuous with 'always' to show that something was annoying, like in the sentence:'He was always leaving his wet towel on the floor.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. My client and I slowly ..... back to the car last night A) Walk. B) Was walking. C) Were walking. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. 12. Right now I'm in class. I (sit) ..... at my desk. A) Sits. B) Sitting. C) Am sitting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am sitting. 13. The children ..... seeds last week. (sow) A) Were sowing. B) Is sowing. C) Were sow. D) Are sowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were sowing. 14. Our pool pump ..... running properly after the storm. A) Had not been. B) Have not been. C) Has not been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not been. 15. He has ..... hats in his bedroom A) Some. B) An. C) A. D) Any. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some. 16. I ..... (not/listen) to him when he spoke in front of the class. A) Wasn't listening. B) Wasn't listen. C) Not listen. D) Not listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't listening. 17. George ..... a book when Fred suddenly ..... at the door. A) Was reading; knocked. B) Read; was knocking. C) Read; knocked. D) Was reading; was knocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading; knocked. 18. He ..... wearing his black suit last night. A) Doesn't. B) Hasn't. C) Wasn't. D) Isn't. E) Shouldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't. 19. What ..... Chloe and Grace ..... when you broke the glass? A) Were / doing. B) Was / doing. C) Did / did. D) Are / doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were / doing. 20. ..... you visiting the patient at the hospital yesterday? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 21. True or False:The sentence 'She were reading a book' uses the past continuous tense correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. The children were wet because they (play) football in the rain. A) Had played. B) Had been playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 23. ..... Mr. Chaniago scoring our test last week? A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 24. She ..... to school, ..... out her text book and ..... to learn. A) Went/ took/ begun. B) Was going/ took/ began. C) Gone/ took/ began. D) Went/ took/ began. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went/ took/ began. 25. Select the correct way to turn this statement into a Yes/No question:'They were building a sandcastle.' A) Did they were building a sandcastle?. B) Were they building a sandcastle?. C) They were building a sandcastle?. D) Was they building a sandcastle?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were they building a sandcastle?. 26. Everyone ..... in the office at 3 p.m. A) Were working. B) Is working. C) Are working. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was working. 27. Which sentence best uses the past continuous tense to set the scene for a story? A) A strong wind blew. B) The sun was setting, and a cool wind was blowing through the trees. C) The sun set and the wind blew. D) The sun has set. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun was setting, and a cool wind was blowing through the trees. 28. My mother ..... (prepare) dinner in the kitchen when I came home. A) Was preparing. B) Were preparing. C) Is preparing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was preparing. 29. Mr. Sukirman ..... teaching ..... students from the distance yesterday. A) Are-their. B) Was-his. C) Were-their. D) Is-his. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was-his. 30. What isn't time expression of Past Continuous Tense? A) At this time yesterday. B) At 6 pm this morning. C) At 10 o'clock last night. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Today. 31. Why ..... Paul having lunch at 4 o'clock in the afternoon? A) Was. B) Does. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 32. Choose the correct answer.We ..... a test when the fire alarm ..... off. A) Did, went. B) Do, go. C) Were doing, went. D) Was doing, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were doing, went. 33. Complete the conversation. A:'Why didn't you answer your phone?' B:'Sorry, I ..... a shower when you called.' A) Take. B) Were taking. C) Was taking. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was taking. 34. The farmers were ..... paddy at the last rain season A) Planted. B) Planting. C) Plans. D) Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planting. 35. Mona: ..... Rudi: "Yes, I was meeting my mom in the market yesterday" A) Were you meeting your mom in the market yesterday?. B) Were I meeting my mom in the market yesterday?. C) Was you meeting your mom in the market yesterday?. D) Was I meeting my mom in the market yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you meeting your mom in the market yesterday?. 36. What is the-ing form of 'lie'? A) Lieing. B) Liing. C) Lying. D) Lieeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lying. 37. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.cry A) Cryd. B) Cryed. C) Cried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cried. 38. We ..... (run) to the station when the train arrived. A) Ran. B) Ran. C) Were running. D) Was running. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were running. 39. Thomas ..... watching television yesterday but he was watching in theatre A) Was. B) Were. C) Weren't. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't. 40. The thief was ..... to the policeman all afternoon. (lie) A) Lieing. B) Lying. C) Lyeing. D) Lie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lying. 41. Complete the question:What ..... you ..... when the power went out? A) Were, doing. B) Was, do. C) Were, do. D) Did, do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, doing. 42. I waved to her but she ..... (look). A) Isn't looking. B) Weren't looking. C) Aren't looking. D) Wasn't looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't looking. 43. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence:'They ..... (play) soccer when it started to rain.' A) Are playing. B) Were playing. C) Was playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 44. ..... were taking some books from the library an hour ago A) Mira and Aqila. B) Mira. C) Aqila. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mira and Aqila. 45. True or False:You use the word 'were' with subjects like 'we, ' 'you, ' and 'they' when forming the past continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. When the men ..... (Climb) the tree, they ..... (Play) football A) Were climbed, played. B) Climbed, were playing. C) Climbs, were playing. D) Climbed, played. E) Was Climbing, were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climbed, were playing. 47. What/ doing/ were/ yesterday/?/ youTick the right sentence. A) What were you doing yesterday?. B) What was you doing yesterday?. C) What you doing yesterday?. D) What you were doing yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What were you doing yesterday?. 48. While I was cycling past some villages, I saw some people in their gardens. A) Was cycling/ saw. B) Was cycling/ was seeing. C) Was cycling/ seen. D) Cycled/ saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cycling/ saw. 49. Yu Yi and Eunice ..... a meeting yesterday at library. A) Were having. B) Is having. C) Was having. D) Are having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were having. 50. True or False:The sentence 'He was kick the ball' uses the past continuous tense correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. I ..... a job in a restaurant last summer. A) Had. B) Have had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 52. When I ..... on my way home, I ..... an accident A) Was/ see. B) Am/ is seeing. C) Was/ was seeing. D) Was/ saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was/ saw. 53. When our father came back from his office, ..... A) We were watching TV. B) We watch TV. C) We are watching TV. D) We will watch TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We were watching TV. 54. True or False:The past continuous tense is often used in stories to describe the background setting, like 'The sun was shining and the birds were singing.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. The athletes ..... very hard for the sports event last week. A) Was practising. B) Were practising. C) Is practising. D) Are practising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were practising. 56. Complete the question:' ..... you ..... your homework at ten o'clock last night?' A) Did / still do. B) Was / still doing. C) Did / still doing. D) Were / still doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were / still doing. 57. Complete the sentence to describe two simultaneous past actions:While my dad ..... the car, my mom ..... groceries. A) Washed / unpacked. B) Was washing / was unpacking. C) Washed / was unpacking. D) Was washing / unpacked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was washing / was unpacking. 58. Baim and Riska were ..... video games when their mother ..... back. A) Playing, came. B) Playing, coming. C) Plays, comes. D) Played, coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing, came. 59. The hawkers ..... (sell) food at the market at 7 o'clock last Sunday. A) Were selling. B) Was selling. C) Are selling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were selling. 60. ..... the elephant eating fruits or vegetables? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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