This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The athletes ..... at 5 o'clock this morning. A) Weren't exercising. B) Doesn't exercise. C) Didn't exercise. D) Wasn't exercising. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't exercising. 2. Choose the correct form of Past Continuous Tense in interrogative or question (?) A) Were you calling me last night?. B) Was you watching TV yesterday?. C) Were they wash the shoes last sunday?. D) Was he not playing basketball yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you calling me last night?. 3. My mother ..... (cook) when we arrived at home. A) Was cook. B) Was cooking. C) Was cooked. D) Were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 4. She ..... (read) a book while she ..... (wait) for the bus. A) Read. B) Wait. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Read. 5. Complete the sentence:My little brother ..... a picture in his notebook all morning. A) Was drawing. B) Is drawing. C) Were drawing. D) Drawed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was drawing. 6. The kids ..... (not / play) soccer because they had exams. A) Were not play. B) Were not playing. C) Were not played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were not playing. 7. Complete the sentence with the verbs in the Past Continuous Tense form.A:What ..... your mum ..... yesterday evening? B:She ..... the dinner then. A) Did do; made. B) Were doing; were making. C) Was doing; was making. D) Is doing; is making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing; was making. 8. Something strange happened while we were camping A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 9. When I arrived at the airport, Tony ..... to Korea. I was late to see him. A) Was going. B) Had gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone. 10. The astronaut ..... a uniform last Wednesday. A) Was wearing. B) Wore. C) Wears. D) Were wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wore. 11. ..... the shop assistants cleaning the store at 9 pm yesterday? A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 12. When I looked in the window, some people ..... lunch. A) Was eating. B) Was eat. C) Were eating. D) Were eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were eating. 13. My son got injured while he ..... basketball last Saturday. A) Played. B) Was playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 14. What is the correct form of the verb in this sentence:'When I called, they ..... dinner.' A) Eat. B) Were eating. C) Had eaten. D) Are eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were eating. 15. England ..... any of their games before they played in the quarter-finals. A) Weren't losing. B) Hadn't lost. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't lost. 16. ..... you ..... anything when I ..... you? A) Did / do / was calling. B) Are / doing / called. C) Were / doing / called. D) Were / doing / calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / doing / called. 17. Anna and Zezen were playing basket ball when their father ..... back A) Came. B) Comes. C) Come. D) Coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came. 18. John arrived while I ..... A) Slept. B) Were slept. C) Was sleeping. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping. 19. While Jessi ..... a cartoon, he ..... asleep. A) Was watched / fell. B) Was watching / felt. C) Watched / was falling. D) Was watching / fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching / fell. 20. Ron ..... his room when he heard the noise. (clean) A) Cleans. B) Is cleaning. C) Was cleaning. D) Cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cleaned. 21. Andi was helping him when his father ..... hard at home A) Is working. B) Works. C) Worked. D) Working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Working. 22. It (rain) ..... all the day. A) Were raining. B) Were rain. C) Was rain. D) Was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was raining. 23. The armies were going to Ladakh when the enemy ..... them. A) Are attacking. B) Were attacking. C) Attacked. D) Attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attacked. 24. What ..... the author ..... at 9 pm last night? A) Did, write. B) Were, writing. C) Does, write. D) Was, writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was, writing. 25. What ..... you ..... at 8 pm yesterday? A) Did do. B) Are doing. C) Were doing. D) Do do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were doing. 26. Anna:What was your mother doing when you arrived home last night?Zenzen:She ..... in the kitchen A) Cooks. B) Has been cooking. C) Is cooking. D) Was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking. 27. The doctor ..... the babies right now. A) Was vaccinating. B) Were vaccinate. C) Are vaccinating. D) Is vaccinating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is vaccinating. 28. While I ..... TV, the lights ..... out. A) Watch go. B) Am watching go. C) Watched were going. D) Was watching went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching went. 29. I and my classmates were studying English yesterday afternoon.change into negative form (-) A) I wasn't and my classmates were studying English yesterday afternoon. B) I and my classmates wasn't studying English yesterdy afternoon. C) I and my classmates weren't studying English yesterday afternoon. D) I and my classmates not were studying English yesterday afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I and my classmates weren't studying English yesterday afternoon. 30. Identify the sentence that uses the past perfect tense. A) They are watching TV now. B) They were watching TV when the power went out. C) They had watched TV before the power went out. D) They watch TV every evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had watched TV before the power went out. 31. The children ..... the game before buying it. A) Test. B) Tested. C) Was testing. D) Was tested. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tested. 32. I ..... work when he stopped. A) Am starting. B) Am started. C) Were started. D) Was starting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was starting. 33. Choose the sentence in Past Continuous! A) I am not cooking the fish. B) Bonny is on her way. C) She wasn't listening to the teacher. D) Was he handsome?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wasn't listening to the teacher. 34. Were you ..... to me? A) Were listening. B) Listening. C) Listen. D) Are listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listening. 35. Mrs Yogeswaran ..... cleaning the house the whole morning. A) Is. B) Do. C) Was. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 36. When I ..... into the room, everyone ..... A) Was walking, worked. B) Walk, working. C) Walk., work. D) Walked, was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked, was working. 37. What is the correct form of the verb in this sentence:'By the time we arrived, they ..... eating.' A) Had finished. B) Finish. C) Were finishing. D) Are finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 38. I ..... singing the new song in my bedroom last night. A) Was. B) Did. C) Am. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 39. The teacher gave Robbie a zero because he ..... in the exam. A) Cheated. B) Had cheated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had cheated. 40. I ..... sleeping when you called. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 41. Tania ..... her favorite dish while her daughter was studying her English. A) Cooked. B) Was cooking. C) Is cooking. D) Cooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 42. I ..... the television when the earthquake happened. A) Were watched. B) Was watching. C) Were watching. D) Was watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 43. They ..... (talked/were talking/was talking) when the teacher entered the class A) Talked. B) Were talking. C) Was talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were talking. 44. A:Were you and friends doing homework at 5 PM last Sunday.B Yes, ..... A) We, are. B) They, were. C) We, were. D) They, are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We, were. 45. The kid ..... to build a snowman. A) Was crying. B) Was trying. C) Was destroying. D) Was cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was trying. 46. What ..... you ..... last night when I phoned to you? A) Were sleeping. B) Were doing. C) Was doing. D) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were doing. 47. Nobody ..... when the thief stole the laptop. A) Were watched. B) Were watching. C) Was watching. D) Was watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 48. Complete the sentence:My students ..... the lesson last class. A) Was studying. B) Was study. C) Were study. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were studying. 49. In 2015, we ..... (live) in a small house in Mexico city. A) Was living. B) Was live. C) Were live. D) Were living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were living. 50. He ..... his homework when his father came home. A) Did do. B) Did. C) Were doing. D) Was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was doing. 51. The telephone ..... (ring) when they ..... (have) lunch. A) Was ringing / were having. B) Rang / had. C) Rang / were having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rang / were having. 52. The player ..... (score) the goal while the referee ..... (look) the other way A) Scored, were looking. B) Scoring, was looking. C) Scored, was looking. D) Was scoring, looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scored, was looking. 53. Read the sentence:'The birds were chirping and the sun was shining as we walked into the park.' What is the main job of the past continuous tense here? A) To show a completed action. B) To ask a question about the past. C) To describe the background setting. D) To give a command. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe the background setting. 54. ..... they ..... tennis when it started to rain? A) Did play. B) Are playing. C) Were playing. D) Do play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 55. I ..... a shower when the doorbell rang. A) Was taking. B) Took. C) Take. D) Am taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 56. I (sit) in a cafe when you (call) A) I was sitting in a cafe when you called. B) I sat in a cafe when you were calling. C) I was sitting in the cafe when you were calling. D) I sat in the cafe when you called. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was sitting in a cafe when you called. 57. When you ..... the door and saw the new TV, you felt surprised. A) Opened. B) Opening. C) Was opening. D) Were opening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opened. 58. She ..... (was cooking/cooked/cooks) dinner when the phone rang A) Was cooking. B) Cooked. C) Cooks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 59. The weather was very nice to play outside. Some students decided to go out from the class and play. They didn't ask the teacher before going out. The teacher was angry because some students ..... football when he came in. A) Played. B) Are playing. C) Have played. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 60. While Vivi ..... , her brother ..... to music. A) Worked / was listening. B) Were working / were listening. C) Was working / listened. D) Was working / was listening. 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