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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Past continuous tense digunakan dalam menyatakan suatu aktifitas yang ..... A) Sudah terjadi di masa lalu. B) Berulang-ulang di masa lalu. C) Merupakan kebiasaan di masa lalu. D) Sedang berlangsung di masa lalu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sedang berlangsung di masa lalu. 2. She ..... at 5 p.m. yesterday. A) Working. B) Was. C) Were working. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was working. 3. He was standing at the bus-stop when he ..... the accident. A) Witnessed. B) Witnesses. C) Withnessed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Witnessed. 4. Yesterday, at 11:00 o'clock, I ..... football. A) Was playing. B) Am playing. C) Playing. D) Was play. E) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing. 5. The Teacher ..... in while pupils ..... A) Came/was talking. B) Came/ talking. C) Came/ talked. D) Came/were talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came/were talking. 6. How do you form the Past Continuous Tense for plural subjects? A) Use 'were' + verb(-ing). B) Use 'have' + verb(-ing). C) Use 'are' + verb(-ing). D) Use 'was' + verb(-ing). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use 'were' + verb(-ing). 7. Which time expression is used with the past continuous tense to indicate a repeated action in the past? A) Always. B) Rarely. C) Never. D) Sometimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Always. 8. You ..... writing beautiful poems in the past. A) Were. B) Are. C) Have. D) Will be. E) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 9. Choose the verb form that correctly completes the sentence. Stative verbs, like 'believe', are usually not used in continuous tenses. A) Was believing. B) Believed. C) Did believe. D) Were believing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Believed. 10. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$She ..... (talk) on the phone when I arrived. A) Was talking. B) Were talking. C) Was talked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking. 11. Xiu Li and Farah ..... to school at seven o'clock yesterday morning. A) Was walking. B) Walked. C) Were walking. D) Walks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were walking. 12. Mr.Chaniago ..... Writing our score last week A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 13. I was reading a book while my brother ..... the piano. A) Are playing. B) Is playing. C) Were playing. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was playing. 14. Complete the sentence:At 8 p.m. last night, I ..... a good book in my room. A) Am reading. B) Was reading. C) Were reading. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 15. At 6 p.m. last night, I ..... having dinner with my friend's family. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 16. Raining/ was/ it/ yesterday evening? A) It was raining yesterday evening?. B) Yesterday it was raining evening?. C) Was raining it yesterday evening?. D) Was it raining yesterday evening?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was raining yesterday evening?. 17. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form in the past continuous tense:Dean didn't go out yesterday because it ..... all day. A) Raining. B) Is raining. C) Were raining. D) Was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was raining. 18. We ..... television when the telephone rang. A) Watch. B) Was watching. C) Were watching. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were watching. 19. I was listening to the radio when you ..... (call) me. A) Called. B) Calt. C) Were calling. D) Was calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 20. Hafidz ..... buying some stuffs in the market this morning. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 21. How do you correctly make this sentence negative? 'She was practicing the guitar.' A) She wasn't practicing the guitar. B) She was practice not the guitar. C) She didn't was practicing the guitar. D) She not was practicing the guitar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wasn't practicing the guitar. 22. The photographer took Johnson's pictures while he ..... a certificate. A) Is receiving. B) Received. C) Was receiving. D) Receives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was receiving. 23. Were they ..... (eat) in the restaurant on the corner? A) Eat. B) Eating. C) Eated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating. 24. The people ..... eating in the restaurant when the storm started. A) Ate. B) Were eating. C) Eating. D) Were eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were eating. 25. True or False:The word 'while' is often used to connect two long actions that were happening at the same time, like in 'I was doing my homework while my brother was playing video games.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Lia was ..... (make) beef noodles at midnight. A) Make. B) Making. C) Makeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Making. 27. Hasan ..... a song A) Are singing. B) Was singing. C) Is singing. D) Were singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was singing. 28. ..... the athletes going to the gym last Saturday afternoon? A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 29. He ..... (read) when the light went out. A) Is reading. B) Are reading. C) Was reading. D) Were reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 30. While I ..... , I heard the dog barking suddenly. A) Read the newspaper. B) Have read the newspaper. C) Reads the newspaper. D) Was reading the newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading the newspaper. 31. Kenji ..... playing a game in Roblox when his mom asked him to eat. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 32. It is ten past six, artinya ..... A) Sekarang pukul 10 lebih 6 menit. B) Sekarang pukul 6 kurang 10 menit. C) Sekarang pukul 6 lebih 10 menit. D) Sekarang pukul 10 kurang 6 menit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sekarang pukul 6 lebih 10 menit. 33. I was reading an English poem to some guests when my stomach ..... (make) a loud noise. A) Is making. B) Make. C) Made. D) Was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made. 34. I ..... (eat) a sandwich while my parents ..... (drink) coffee. A) Was eating / were drinking. B) Ate / were drinking. C) Ate / was drinking. D) Eat / drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating / were drinking. 35. She ..... (listen) to music when I called. A) Are listening. B) Was listening. C) Were listening. D) Is listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was listening. 36. We ( write) ..... these letters while our friends ( make) ..... cakes A) Were writing / made. B) Wrote / made. C) Were writing / were making. D) Was writing / made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were writing / were making. 37. Micheal got a flu while she ..... to Chiang Mai. A) Is traveling. B) Was traveling. C) Will travel. D) Traveled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was traveling. 38. When my aunt came, ..... was cooking in the kitchen . A) My Friend. B) My Friends. C) My Friend and I. D) My Friends and I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My Friend. 39. While I was away, they ..... their works? A) Weren't checking. B) Wasn't checking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't checking. 40. Adrian ..... while his brother ..... A) Were played / was studying. B) Were playing / studying. C) Was playing / was studying. D) Played / study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing / was studying. 41. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$She ..... (scribble) notes in her diary when her friend arrived. A) Were scribbling. B) Was scribbled. C) Was scribbling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was scribbling. 42. I ..... coffee at this time yesterday A) Is drinking. B) Were drinking. C) Was drinking. D) Am drinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was drinking. 43. In a story, a writer says, 'The birds were chirping, the kids were laughing, and the sun was shining.' What is the main function of the past continuous tense here? A) To list a sequence of completed events. B) To describe the background setting and atmosphere. C) To show actions that interrupted each other. D) To ask what happened in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To describe the background setting and atmosphere. 44. We ..... doing our revision with our classmates. A) Was. B) Am. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 45. When I ..... (walk) into the room, everyone ..... (work). A) Walked / were working. B) Was walking / worked. C) Walked / worked. D) Walked / was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked / was working. 46. Mom was cooking while dad ..... in the garden A) Worked. B) Was working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working. 47. They ..... a model aeroplane this morning. A) Were making. B) Is making. C) Are making. D) Is making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were making. 48. True or False:The sentence 'While I was riding my bike, I saw a friend' is punctuated correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Charly ..... in Paris when his father died. A) Is studying. B) Has studied. C) Studies. D) Was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was studying. 50. Me ..... Faisal ..... Going to the campus last day A) With, were. B) And, where. C) And, were. D) And was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And, were. 51. Nino:Hey Sofie, ..... (you/think) about me yesterday?Sofie:No, i wasn't. A) You were thinking. B) Are you thinking. C) Were you thinking. D) You are thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you thinking. 52. I ..... when the lights went out. A) Was reading. B) Were reading. C) Am reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 53. My friends ..... (ride) a bike and I was running. A) Rode. B) Was rideing. C) Was riding. D) Were riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were riding. 54. You ..... (watch)TV yesterday night. A) Was watch. B) Was watching. C) Were watch. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were watching. 55. Emma ..... (wash) the dishes when the telephone ..... (ring). A) Washed / was ringing. B) Washed / rang. C) Was washing / rang. D) Was washed / rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was washing / rang. 56. Identify the sentence that is in the past continuous tense. A) They were playing soccer when it started to rain. B) They have played soccer when it started to rain. C) They will play soccer when it started to rain. D) They play soccer when it started to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were playing soccer when it started to rain. 57. My brother ..... in Ireland when he met his girlfriend. A) Was studying. B) Study. C) Was study. D) Were study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying. 58. Which is the correct way to ask a question and give a short answer about yesterday afternoon? A) Were you studying? Yes, I was. B) Did you studying? Yes, I did. C) Were you studying? Yes, I were. D) You were studying? Yes, I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you studying? Yes, I was. 59. While Ali ..... , the telephone rang. A) Reading. B) Reads. C) Was reading. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 60. By the time the bell ..... , I ..... the test. 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