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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Marry, Rose, and Ferria ..... brushing their teeth at night yesterday. A) Is. B) Were. C) Was. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 2. When it ..... to rain, our dog wanted to come inside. A) Started/ wanted. B) Was started/ wanted. C) Was strating/ wanted. D) Starts/ wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started/ wanted. 3. When they came here, ..... A) I was watching television. B) I watch television. C) I were watching television. D) I were watched television. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was watching television. 4. They ..... at the clowns at the circus last night. A) Were laughing. B) Is laughing. C) Was laughing. D) Are laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were laughing. 5. Identify the past continuous tense in the following sentence:'While I was walking to the store, I saw a friend.' A) Was walking. B) To the store. C) Saw. D) A friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 6. She ..... her homework when I called her A) Were doing. B) Was done. C) Was doing. D) Were done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 7. She ..... last night. A) Was singing. B) Was sending e-mails. C) Were singing. D) Were speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was singing. 8. As the children ..... dinner, their mother called him. A) Was having. B) Were having. C) Are having. D) Is having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were having. 9. What ..... you ..... yesterday? A) Were / doing. B) Was / do. C) Are / doing. D) Were / do. E) Was / doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were / doing. 10. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.write A) Wrote. B) Written. C) Writed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 11. The snow ..... (cover) the mountains when I ..... (wake) up. A) Was covering, was waking. B) Covered, waked. C) Coved, was waking. D) Was covering, woke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was covering, woke. 12. They ..... home when they saw a clown. A) Drove. B) Was driving. C) Were driving. D) Drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were driving. 13. My mother ..... breakfast at 6 o'clock this morning. A) Didn't have. B) Weren't having. C) Doesn't have. D) Wasn't having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't having. 14. While I ..... television, the doorbell rang. A) Were watching. B) Is watching. C) Was watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 15. Before she had dinner, she ..... in the garden. A) Was working. B) Worked. C) Had worked. D) Has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had worked. 16. Boby ..... (lie) under the tree to sleep when a big leaf ..... (fall) onto his head. A) Lay, fell. B) Was lying, falling. C) Was lying, fell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was lying, fell. 17. Complete the sentence with the correct option:My friends ..... outside yesterday at 5:00p.m. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Was played. D) Were played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 18. Select the sentence that shows correct subject-verb agreement for the past continuous tense. A) You was playing soccer very well. B) The cat were sleeping on the couch. C) They was eating lunch together. D) He was listening to music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was listening to music. 19. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$She ..... (eat) breakfast when her phone rang. A) Was ate. B) Eats. C) Was eating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was eating. 20. Tony ..... (search) for his wallet the whole morning. A) Is searching. B) Were searching. C) Was searching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was searching. 21. You ..... working in the morning A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 22. Who ..... talking in the bathroom last night? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 23. Keyla ..... for two hours before she arrived. A) Had been driven. B) Has been driving. C) Had been driving. D) Was driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been driving. 24. The people ..... (build) a boat. A) Were building. B) Was building. C) Is building. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were building. 25. Peter, John and Rebecca ..... (wait) for the school bus at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. A) Are waiting. B) Was waiting. C) Were waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 26. I ..... an exam yesterday at this time. A) Am have. B) Having. C) Were having. D) Am having. E) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Was having. 27. He ..... (wash) while his mother ..... (cook). A) Washing / was cooking. B) Wash / cook. C) Washed / cooked. D) Washes / is cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washing / was cooking. 28. My brother and sister ..... playing tennis at 11 a.m. yesterday. A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 29. Complete the sentence with the verbs in the Past Continuous Tense form.A:What ..... your mum ..... yesterday evening?B:She ..... the dinner then. A) Were doing; were making. B) Did do; is made. C) Is doing; is making. D) Was doing; was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was doing; was making. 30. Imagine your friend asks, 'Were you studying when I called?' If you were not studying, what is the correct short answer? A) Yes, I was. B) No, I wasn't. C) No, I didn't. D) Yes, I did. 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