This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 3 (30 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) Were watching. B) Was watching. C) Had been watching. D) Is watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Practises. B) Was practising. C) Were practising. D) Practised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Has ridden. B) Will ride. C) Is riding. D) Was riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was riding. 6. Read the sentence:'I ..... that the test was today, not tomorrow!' Which verb is most appropriate for the blank? A) Thinked. B) Were thinking. C) Was thinking. 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) Runs. B) Runs. C) Running. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running. 9. Mary and Paul ..... (play) vidio games. A) Was play. B) Were play. C) Were playing. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 10. While Najwa ..... (read), the librarian turned off the light. A) Reading. B) Were reading. C) Reads. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) Were. B) Was. C) Will. D) Aren't. E) Don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Were come. B) Were comes. C) Were coming. D) Was coming. 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) Was cooking. C) Cooks. D) Cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 17. Your friend asks, 'Were you and Liam studying together?' Select the correct negative short answer. A) No, we didn't. B) No, we're not. C) No, we wasn't. D) No, we weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No, we weren't. 18. The children ..... under the tree. (talk) A) Talking. B) Is talking. C) Talks. D) Are talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are talking. 19. Hafiz didn't go out yesterday because it ..... all day. A) Was rained. B) Were raining. C) Was raining. D) Is raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was raining. 20. While my grandparents ..... dumplings, I ..... cookies. A) Were making was baking. B) Were making baked. C) Made was baking. D) Had made baked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were making was baking. 21. My mother ..... the whole of yesterday evening. A) Was knitting. B) Is knitting. C) Had knitted. D) Had been knitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was knitting. 22. Selly came home late while her grandmother ..... her family. A) Visited. B) Visiting. C) Was visiting. D) Was a visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was visiting. 23. Which sentence is in Past Continuous Tense? A) Srishti ate her lunch. B) Rekha was packing her bags. C) The flowers are blooming. D) The gardener is trimming the leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rekha was packing her bags. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. She ..... (water) the plants while I ..... (clean) my room A) Was water, cleaned. B) Were watered, was cleaned. C) Was watering, was cleaning. D) Were watering, was cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watering, was cleaning. 28. I saw Rene yesterday when she ..... by the seaside. A) Is walking. B) Walked. C) Was walking. D) Am walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was walking. 29. Tom wasn't reading a book. He ..... the dog. A) Feeding. B) Feeds. C) Were feeding. D) Was feeding. E) Is feeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was feeding. 30. 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. 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