This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jack ..... (climb) a tree when he fell and hurt himself. A) Were climbing. B) Was climbing. C) Climbing. D) Climbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was climbing. 2. I ..... some amazing costumes at the carnival. A) Were seeing. B) Saw. C) Was seeing. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 3. I was reading a book ..... I heard a noise. A) During. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 4. What is the difference between Past Simple and Past Continuous? A) Past Simple describes ongoing actions, while Past Continuous describes completed actions. B) Past Simple describes completed actions, while Past Continuous describes ongoing actions in the past. C) Past Simple is used for future actions, while Past Continuous is used for present actions. D) Past Simple and Past Continuous are interchangeable in all contexts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Simple describes completed actions, while Past Continuous describes ongoing actions in the past. 5. When the letter ..... , I ..... dinner for my children. A) Arriving, cooked. B) Arrived, cook. C) Arrived, was cooking. D) Arrive, cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived, was cooking. 6. Mike:Hi, Clara what were you doing last night?Clara:I ..... my homework A) Was doing. B) Was reading. C) Was listening. D) Was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing. 7. Ayu broken a vas, when we ..... traveling to Paris A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 8. They ..... studying english last night A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 9. The dog next door ..... (bark) last night when we were trying to sleep. A) Is bark. B) Barks. C) Were bark. D) Was barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was barking. 10. She needed help because someone ..... her money. A) Steal. B) Has stolen. C) Had stolen. D) Stole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had stolen. 11. In a story, a writer says, 'The rain was falling softly, and a lone car was driving down the empty street.' What is the main job of the past continuous tense in this sentence? A) To show a very quick, sudden action. B) To give a command to the reader. C) To describe the background and set the scene. D) To list events in the order they finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe the background and set the scene. 12. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$She ..... (write) an email when the lights went out. A) Was wrote. B) Was writing. C) Is writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was writing. 13. You ..... singing a song. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 14. While I ..... TV last night a small mouse ..... across the room. A) Watched; was running. B) Was watching; was running. C) Was watching; ran. D) Watched; ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching; ran. 15. Yesterday, who ..... you ..... for while you were working? A) Do, looked. B) Did, look. C) Was, looking. D) Were, looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were, looking. 16. Shh The baby (sleep) ..... A) Is sleeping. B) Sleeps. C) Sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is sleeping. 17. We were walking in the mountains when we ..... (see) a strange animal. A) Seed. B) Stoped. C) Seen. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 18. Your friend asks, 'Were you sleeping when I called you at noon?' If you were not sleeping, what is the correct short answer? A) No, I not sleeping. B) No, I weren't. C) No, I didn't. D) No, I wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No, I wasn't. 19. 9] A: ..... you ..... when I knocked the door? B:No, ..... A) Were / eating / I was. B) Were / eating / I wasn't. C) Did / eat / I didn't. D) Was / ate / I weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were / eating / I wasn't. 20. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$He ..... (sleep) when the alarm went off. A) Was sleeping. B) Is sleeping. C) Was sleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 21. While my mother ..... , my father ..... A) Was washing, was watching. B) Washed, was watching. C) Washed, watched. D) Was washing, was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was washing, was watching. 22. When we heard the news, we ..... at the canteen. A) Are eating. B) Are eating. C) Is eating. D) Were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were eating. 23. When the children were visiting the zoo, an elephant ..... A) Was escaping. B) Was escaped. C) Escaped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Escaped. 24. Which word best connects these two ideas? 'I was listening to music ..... the fire alarm suddenly went off.' A) During. B) As. C) While. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 25. While Anne ..... (count) the apples, Tom ..... (write) the exercise. A) Was counting / was writing. B) Counted / wrote. C) Was counting / wrote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was counting / was writing. 26. All yesterday morning my parents ..... A) Were sleeping. B) Are sleeping. C) Slept. D) Sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were sleeping. 27. We ..... at the playground although it was raining. A) Were playing. B) Am played. C) Is playing. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 28. The aeroplane ..... over the building this morning. A) Fly. B) Flying. C) Flies. D) Flew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flew. 29. Mereka sedang mengerjakan latihan Bahasa inggris kemarin A) They doing English Exercise yesterday. B) They were do English Exercise yesterday. C) They were doing English Exercise yesterday. D) They was doing English Exercise yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were doing English Exercise yesterday. 30. Where ..... you eat yesterday? A) Do. B) Didn't. C) Did. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 31. ..... ( everybody/have) fun? A) Were everybody haveing. B) Were everybody having. C) Was everybody having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was everybody having. 32. The boy ..... off the couch in the morning. A) Fell. B) Felt. C) Falls. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fell. 33. Was she ..... Zenzen at this time last week? A) Was knowing. B) Know. C) Knowed. D) Knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knowing. 34. What ..... you ..... when the phone rang? A) Do do. B) Are doing. C) Did do. D) Were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were doing. 35. I ..... (take) a course last semester. A) Taken. B) Was taking. C) Is taking. D) Takes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 36. Jenny and Jessica ..... in the pool last Wednesday. A) Swam. B) Swim. C) Were swimming. D) Was swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were swimming. 37. Everyone was ..... not to look shocked when the bride fell down. A) Tries. B) Tried. C) Trying. D) Try. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trying. 38. Q:Were you hiking alone when the snake bit you?A:Yes, ..... A) I wasn't. B) I was. C) I were. D) You were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was. 39. Choose the correct translation of the following sentence:I had A) Yo tuve (pasado). B) Yo soy (presente). C) Yo era (pasado). D) Yo tengo (presente). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yo tuve (pasado). 40. On Friday at 1 pm, the psychologist ..... to a couple. A) Was walking. B) Was talking. C) Was washing. D) Was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was talking. 41. ..... the plumber ..... a dishwasher at 3 pm yesterday? A) Did, fix. B) Does, fix. C) Were, fixing. D) Was, fixing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was, fixing. 42. Find the affirmative sentence in the past continuous tense. A) She has been studying for her exam. B) She will be studying for her exam. C) She is studying for her exam. D) She was studying for her exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was studying for her exam. 43. Find the correctly written sentence using the past continuous tense. A) I did not going to the party last night. B) I was studied for the exam yesterday. C) I was not studying for the exam yesterday. D) I were not cooking dinner at 6 pm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was not studying for the exam yesterday. 44. My teacher ..... the exercise to me A) Was explaining. B) Were explaining. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was explaining. 45. I ..... (read) a book while waiting for the bus A) Am reading. B) Was reading. C) Reading. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 46. Select the correct answerMy aunt Lisa ..... T.V. yesterday when I arrived. A) Were watched. B) Was watched. C) Were watching. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching. 47. I ..... (was reading/readingl/reads) a book when my mom called me A) Was reading. B) Reading. C) Reads. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 48. I ..... my blouse as my sister came back from work. A) Were wearing. B) Is wearing. C) Was wearing. D) Wore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was wearing. 49. Complete the sentence:He ..... attention in class, so he missed the teacher's instructions. A) Weren't paying. B) Isn't paying. C) Not paying. D) Wasn't paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't paying. 50. People said that the Earth ..... flat. A) Is. B) Are. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 51. I ..... (know) many students while I ..... (work) in the school. A) Knew / was working. B) Knew / worked. C) Was knowing / worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knew / was working. 52. Nina ..... books. A) Was listening to. B) Was cooking. C) Was watching. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 53. While we ..... (walk) with my umbrella, we ..... (find) a coin. A) Were walking, found. B) Was walking, found. C) Walked, were finding. D) Walked, was finding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were walking, found. 54. Claudia ..... to attend art classes. A) Was using. B) Used. C) Was use. D) Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used. 55. ..... the ducks ..... in the pond? A) Were, swimming. B) Were, cooking. C) Was, diving. D) Was, living. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, swimming. 56. While he ..... (watch) the news, his friends ..... (appear). A) Watched / appeared. B) Was watching / appeared. C) Was watching / was appearing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching / appeared. 57. He ..... away when he saw me. A) Walking. B) Walk. C) Walks. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. 58. Joan ..... a barbecue with her friends when her mum called her. A) Were having. B) Did having. C) Was having. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was having. 59. What were the kids doing when you arrived? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 60. From 10 to 10:30, I ..... pictures while I was taking my dog for a walk. A) Took. B) Taking. C) Were taking. D) Was taking. 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