This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She ..... a movie in the theatre. Fill in the blank with Past Continuous Tense. A) Is watching. B) Had been watching. C) Were watching. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching. 2. True or False:The sentence 'She was listen to music' is a grammatically correct past continuous sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. I ..... the piano when Leela came to my house. A) Was practising. B) Were practising. C) Practises. D) Practised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was practising. 4. Everyone ..... outside when the car arrived. A) Was waiting. B) Waited. C) Were waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was waiting. 5. John ..... (ride) his bike all the afternoon. A) Is riding. B) Will ride. C) Was riding. D) Has ridden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was riding. 6. Read the sentence:'I ..... that the test was today, not tomorrow!' Which verb is most appropriate for the blank? A) Was thinking. B) Were thinking. C) Thinked. D) Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thought. 7. We ..... sleeping when the police came. A) Was. B) Weren't. C) Wasn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't. 8. The cat was ..... in the field A) Running. B) Runs. C) Runs. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running. 9. Mary and Paul ..... (play) vidio games. A) Was play. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Were play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 10. While Najwa ..... (read), the librarian turned off the light. A) Reading. B) Was reading. C) Reads. D) Were reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 11. Complete the sentence:My little brother ..... a fort with pillows all afternoon yesterday. A) Were building. B) Was building. C) Builded. D) Is building. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was building. 12. We ..... studying English yesterday at 6 pm. A) Was. B) Aren't. C) Will. D) Don't. E) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Were. 13. Choose the suitable Past verb form:He ..... breakfast today. A) Skip. B) Skipping. C) Skipped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skipped. 14. ..... you ..... to my birthday party yesterday? A) Was coming. B) Were come. C) Were coming. D) Were comes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were coming. 15. What is the question form of Past Continuous Tense? A) Was/Were + subject + verb(-ing)?. B) Is/Are + subject + verb(-ing)?. C) Has/Have + subject + verb(-ing)?. D) Will/Shall + subject + verb(-ing)?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was/Were + subject + verb(-ing)?. 16. My mother ..... cooking when I arrived home. A) Is cooking. B) Cooks. C) Was cooking. D) Cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cooking. 17. Your friend asks, 'Were you and Liam studying together?' Select the correct negative short answer. A) No, we weren't. B) No, we wasn't. C) No, we didn't. D) No, we're not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, we weren't. 18. The children ..... under the tree. (talk) A) Talking. B) Is talking. C) Are talking. D) Talks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are talking. 19. Hafiz didn't go out yesterday because it ..... all day. A) Is raining. B) Was rained. C) Were raining. D) Was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was raining. 20. While my grandparents ..... dumplings, I ..... cookies. A) Were making baked. B) Had made baked. C) Were making was baking. D) Made was baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were making was baking. 21. My mother ..... the whole of yesterday evening. A) Had knitted. B) Is knitting. C) Had been knitting. D) Was knitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was knitting. 22. Selly came home late while her grandmother ..... her family. A) Was a visit. B) Visited. C) Visiting. D) Was visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was visiting. 23. Cynthia ( am wrapping, is wrapping ) a birthday present for Carrie. A) Am wrapping. B) Is wrapping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is wrapping. 24. Which sentence correctly combines these two ideas? Idea 1:I was making a sandwich. Idea 2:I dropped the knife. A) I was making a sandwich when I dropped the knife. B) I made a sandwich when I was dropping the knife. C) While I dropped the knife, I was making a sandwich. D) I was making a sandwich and I was dropping the knife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was making a sandwich when I dropped the knife. 25. What ..... when you saw him? A) Dis Max do. B) Was Max doing. C) Did Max. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was Max doing. 26. She ..... (water) the plants while I ..... (clean) my room A) Were watering, was cleaning. B) Was water, cleaned. C) Was watering, was cleaning. D) Were watered, was cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watering, was cleaning. 27. I saw Rene yesterday when she ..... by the seaside. A) Am walking. B) Was walking. C) Is walking. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was walking. 28. Tom wasn't reading a book. He ..... the dog. A) Were feeding. B) Was feeding. C) Feeds. D) Is feeding. E) Feeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was feeding. 29. The children ..... (collect) the chestnuts that ..... (fall) from the tree A) Collected-had fallen. B) Had collected-fallen. C) Collected-fallen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collected-had fallen. 30. Yesterday at the picnic, I ..... (drink) some mango juice when Maggie bumped into me! A) Was drinking. B) Drank. C) Drink. D) Drinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was drinking. 31. I ..... cycling at the park which was a stone's throw from my house. A) Is. B) Were. C) Am. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 32. She ..... her popcorn while she was watching the movie. A) Dropped. B) Dropped. C) Dropped. D) Drop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dropped. 33. We are ..... because we see a big dog. (shake) A) Shaking. B) Shakying. C) Shakeing. D) Shakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shaking. 34. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The kids ..... (chase) each other in the garden when the teacher arrived. A) Was chasing. B) Was chased. C) Were chasing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were chasing. 35. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$She ..... (twist) her ankle while jogging. A) Were twisting. B) Were twisted. C) Was twisting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was twisting. 36. Was Andra ..... (drive) when you ..... (call) him? A) Driving, were calling. B) Drove, called. C) Driving, called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driving, called. 37. Fill in the blank:'They were watching TV when the lights ..... (go) out.' A) Will go. B) Was going. C) Is going. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 38. Which time expression is used with the past continuous tense to indicate a specific time in the past? A) After. B) Before. C) During. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At. 39. My dad found some money while he ..... his suitcase. A) Are packing. B) Packing. C) Package. D) Was packing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was packing. 40. At 6.20 am today, my father ..... driving to send me to school. A) Was. B) Am. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 41. What were they doing this time yesterday?they ..... ( work) ..... on the computer. A) Are working. B) Were working. C) Is working. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were working. 42. The referee blew the whistle while he ..... the ball. A) Was kicking. B) Kicking. C) Are kicking. D) Were kicking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was kicking. 43. Yesterday ..... Sunday, Nam got up at six. A) Were. B) Is. C) Went. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 44. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.sit A) Sat. B) Sitted. C) Sit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sat. 45. Read this sentence:'As I was searching for my keys, I found a ten-dollar bill in my pocket.' What is the main function of the past continuous phrase 'was searching'? A) To express a habit that is no longer true. B) To show a completed action in the distant past. C) To describe an ongoing background action that was interrupted by a discovery. D) To ask a question about a past event. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe an ongoing background action that was interrupted by a discovery. 46. When the phone ..... , I was cleaning my room. A) Was ringing. B) Rang. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 47. Complete the sentence to show an interrupted action:We ..... the game on TV when the pizza delivery arrived. A) Were watching. B) Watched. C) Are watching. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching. 48. ..... you still working at 7pm last night? A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 49. The boys ..... mangoes when the watchman saw them. A) Are stealing. B) Were stealing. C) Is stealing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were stealing. 50. While the boys ..... football, it started to rain. A) Played. B) Were playing. C) Was playing. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 51. It is half past eleven A) 6.30. B) 12.30. C) 12.00. D) 11.30. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6.30. 52. Who ..... eating hamburgers in the library now? A) Is. B) Am. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 53. The Scouts ( were camping, are camping ) in the jungle. A) Were camping. B) Are camping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are camping. 54. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.receive A) Received. B) Receiving. C) Receivied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Received. 55. Sophia ..... for the bus. A) Was waiting. B) Has waiting. C) Were waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was waiting. 56. Grandpa ..... some old coins when he was working in the garden. A) Was finding. B) Found. C) Did find. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found. 57. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$He ..... (mumble) in his sleep when I heard a strange sound. A) Was mumbling. B) Was mumble. C) Were mumbled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was mumbling. 58. The firecrackers ..... when the police came. A) Exploding. B) Were explodeing. C) Was exploding. D) Were exploding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were exploding. 59. Peter:Why didn't Araya pass test last year?Army:I think she ..... hard all last yeas. A) Didn't study. B) Isn't studying. C) Wasn't studying. D) Doesn't study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't studying. 60. Hello Anna, what ..... (you / do) when I called you last night? A) Do you do. B) Did you do. C) Were you doing. D) Didn't do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you doing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Continuous Tense Quiz 1Past Continuous Tense Quiz 3Past Continuous Tense Quiz 4Past Continuous Tense Quiz 5Past Continuous Tense Quiz 6Past Continuous Tense Quiz 7Past Continuous Tense Quiz 8Past Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books