This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. From the sounds it was clear that Mary ..... the piano A) Was practiceing. B) Were practiceing. C) Was practicing. D) Were practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was practicing. 2. I ..... my lessons. A) Is revised. B) Am revising. C) Am revised. D) Is revising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am revising. 3. He ..... in the garden with his cousins, yesterday. A) Was working. B) Working. C) Was. D) Were working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was working. 4. Whlie Jane ..... her story book, Jackie was writing her novel. A) Was reading. B) Read. C) Is reading. D) Are reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 5. The students ..... very loudly when the teacher came. A) Was talk. B) Are talking. C) Are talk. D) Were talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were talking. 6. True or False:The sentence 'You and I was studying together at the library' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Yesterday, I ..... dinner with my old friends. A) Had had. B) Had been having. C) Had. D) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was having. 8. Identify the correct verb form for the past continuous tense in the sentence:'They ..... (play) football at 5 o'clock yesterday.' A) Were play. B) Were playing. C) Played. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 9. I ..... a shower when you ..... A) Is taking / called. B) Was taking / called. C) Took / were calling. D) Was taking / was calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking / called. 10. Select the sentence that uses the past continuous tense correctly. A) She was reading a book. B) They was reading a book. C) She were reading a book. D) He was read a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was reading a book. 11. My sister was watering flower ..... you came. A) When. B) While. C) But. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 12. When she came home, I ..... a book. A) Am reading. B) Was reading. C) Is reading. D) Was read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 13. Benny ..... about a year ago. A) Quitted. B) Quit. C) Quited. D) Quiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quit. 14. I ..... a lot of interesting people when I lived in London. A) Knowing. B) Knew. C) Was knowing. D) Were knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knew. 15. I ..... a novel at 8.00 p.m, last night. A) Am reading. B) Were reading. C) Was reading. D) Did reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 16. Fill in the blank:I ..... TV when my mom came home. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 17. Were you ..... dinner when I called you? A) Eating. B) Eaten. C) Ate. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. 18. My mother was watching TV in the living room when I ..... home last night A) Arrives. B) Was arrived. C) Arrive. D) Arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived. 19. They ..... (not/clean) the house when he came home A) Did not clean. B) Were not cleaning. C) Are not cleaning. D) Was not cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were not cleaning. 20. Past Continuous Tense A) Describe an action that began in the past and ended in the past. B) Used to describe an action that began in the past but continues up till the point of speaking about it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describe an action that began in the past and ended in the past. 21. The captain ..... any goals when the referee sent him off. A) Didn't score. B) Hadn't scored. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't scored. 22. They ..... (not/ do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock A) Were not doing. B) Didn't doing. C) Wasn't doing. D) Were not do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were not doing. 23. They didn't win the match although they ..... every morning. A) Were training. B) Had trained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had trained. 24. It (snow) heavily when he (wake) up. A) Snowed/ was waking. B) Snowed/ woked. C) Snowed/ woke. D) Was snowing/ woke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was snowing/ woke. 25. David Beckham ..... with his friends just now. A) Are walking. B) Were walking. C) Was walking. D) Is walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was walking. 26. She ..... ( watch ) tv when I arrived A) Is watching. B) Was watching. C) Watched. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 27. While we ..... (listened/listens/were listening) to music, someone knocked on the door A) Listened. B) Were listening. C) Listens. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were listening. 28. Belinda ..... her house when we came home. A) Tidies. B) Were tidying. C) Tidied. D) Was tidying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was tidying. 29. What ..... your classmates doing at 5 o'clock last Sunday? A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 30. The gnomes ..... sitting on the toadstools when Rosemary passed by. A) Is sitting. B) Were sitting. C) Are sitting. D) Was sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sitting. 31. Choose the Grammar structure of past continuous tense ..... A) Subject + have/has + been + Ving + object. B) Subject + was/were + Ving + Object. C) Subject + V1/es + Object. D) Subject + V2 + object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject + was/were + Ving + Object. 32. Maria ..... when I arrived at her home. A) Slept. B) Was sleeping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sleeping. 33. We ..... our school when he came ini. A) Were talking. B) Talked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were talking. 34. What (they/do) at 10pm last night-it was really noisy? A) What were they doing at 10 pm last night-it was really noisy?. B) What did they do at 10 pm last night-it was really noisy?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What were they doing at 10 pm last night-it was really noisy?. 35. First I ..... , then I ..... breakfast. A) Was getting up / was having. B) Got up / had. C) Was getting up / had. D) Got up / was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got up / had. 36. What ..... (you/do) at 8 PM last night A) You did. B) Were you doing. C) You are doing. D) Did you do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 37. We ..... the classroom at 2 o'clock yesterday. A) Weren't cleaning. B) Was cleaning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't cleaning. 38. I ..... my work at six o'clock yesterday. A) Finishes. B) Was finishing. C) Finished. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was finishing. 39. Susan was checking her book ..... A) Last night. B) Tomorrow. C) Everyday. D) Now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last night. 40. Which question is in the past continuous tense? A) What will you do at 8 o'clock tomorrow?. B) What have you done at 8 o'clock yesterday?. C) What are you doing at 8 o'clock tonight?. D) What were you doing at 8 o'clock last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What were you doing at 8 o'clock last night?. 41. Which sentence makes more sense? A) We had a picnic when it began to rain. B) We were having a picnic when it began to rain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We were having a picnic when it began to rain. 42. ..... she ..... last night when I ..... you? A) Did she sleep / texted. B) Did she sleep / was texting. C) Was she sleeping / was texting. D) Was she sleeping / texted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was she sleeping / texted. 43. Complete the sentence to show irritation about a past habit:My little brother ..... my things without asking. It drove me crazy! A) Is always taking. B) Always took. C) Was always taking. D) Always takes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was always taking. 44. She ..... (talk) to John on the phone when I ..... (walk) in. A) Talked, was walking. B) Talked, were walking. C) Were talking, walked. D) Was talking, walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was talking, walked. 45. The kids played in the park while their parents were watching them. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 46. The blue team ..... before the event started. A) Were warming up. B) Warms up. C) Was warming up. D) Is warmed up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was warming up. 47. I ..... when a plate crashed. A) Cooking. B) Was cooking. C) Cooked. D) Were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 48. ..... they still ..... when the sun rose? A) Were sleep. B) Was sleeping. C) Did sleeping. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sleeping. 49. Identify the correct verb form for the past continuous tense in the sentence:'She ..... (study) when the phone rang.' A) Was study. B) Studied. C) Was studying. D) Studyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. 50. What is the vet doing at the clinic at the moment? A) He treated a parrot. B) He was treating a parrot. C) He treats a parrot. D) He is treating a parrot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is treating a parrot. 51. Aisha ..... very hard last year. A) Was studying. B) Was studied. C) Is studying. D) Is studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying. 52. ..... your Mom ..... in the kitchen last Sunday morning? A) Was cook. B) Were-cook. C) Were-cooking. D) Was-cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was-cooking. 53. The music ..... (play) when i left him A) Were being playing. B) Was played. C) Was playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing. 54. The koala was hurt-it ..... , so we called for help A) Was not move. B) Were not moving. C) Was not moving. D) Not moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was not moving. 55. What ..... your brother going to yesterday morning? A) Do. B) Did. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 56. I was running ..... I fell. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 57. I ..... (eat/eating/was eating) lunch when my friend called A) Eat. B) Eating. C) Was eating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was eating. 58. He ..... (was writing/wrote/writes) an email when his computer shut down A) Wrote. B) Was writing. C) Writes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was writing. 59. When I was driving to school, my car ..... down. A) Broke. B) Had broken. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke. 60. While she ..... the dishes, she ..... the window. A) Is washing breaks. B) Was washing broke. C) Washed broke. D) Washes breaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was washing broke. ← 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