This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The old man ..... the cheque when the robber ..... the bank. A) Cashed/was robbing. B) Is cashing/robbed. C) Was cashing/robs. D) Was cashing/robbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cashing/robbed. 2. Berikut yang merupakan formula past continuous adalah ..... A) S + v2. B) S + was/ were + V2. C) S + was/were + ving. D) S + is/am/are + ving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S + was/were + ving. 3. My sister ..... (decorate) the Christmas tree in the living room last night. A) Is decorating. B) Was decorating. C) Were decorating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was decorating. 4. True or False:The sentence 'She was talk on the phone' is a grammatically correct way to use the past continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. True or False:In the sentence 'While I was reading, the power went out, ' the word 'while' signals that two actions were happening at the same time or that one was interrupted. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Write a sentence using 'when' to describe an action that was happening in the past. A) I will read a book when the phone rings. B) I was reading a book when I eat dinner. C) I was reading a book when the phone rang. D) I read a book when the phone is ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was reading a book when the phone rang. 7. I can see with my ..... A) Legs. B) Nose. C) Ears. D) Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eyes. 8. Yesterday afternoon, Irene ..... whole grain cookies. A) Bakes. B) Is baking. C) Baked. D) Was baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was baking. 9. I ..... (get up), ..... (take) a bath, ..... (dress) and ..... (have) breakfast in the morning. A) Was getting, took, dressed, had. B) Got, took, dressed, had. C) Was getting, taking, dressing, having. D) Was getting, taking, dressing, had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got, took, dressed, had. 10. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$He ..... (fix) his car when it started raining. A) Was fixing. B) Were fixed. C) Was fixing up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was fixing. 11. How do you express 'it (go) to rain' in past continuous? A) It was going to rain. B) It goes to rain. C) It is going to rain. D) It were going to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was going to rain. 12. It ..... a beautiful morning. A) Had. B) Was. C) Is. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 13. The children ..... playing at the park now. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 14. The boy ..... in the badminton court yesterday afternoon. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Is playing. D) Are making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing. 15. Yelaine and her twin sisters ( is cutting, are cutting ) the ribbons to decorate their scrapbook. A) Is cutting. B) Are cutting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are cutting. 16. My friends and I ..... (eat) the delicious food when John arrived at the party. A) Is eating. B) Eat. C) Were eat. D) Were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were eating. 17. The doctor ..... (take) off the plaster that he ..... (put) on six weeks before. A) Took-had put. B) Had taken-put. C) Took-put. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took-had put. 18. She ..... (not fish) by the lake when he ..... (swim) in the lake. A) Was fishingwas swimming. B) Was not fishingwas swimming. C) Was not fishingwere swimming. D) Were not fishingwas swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was not fishingwas swimming. 19. Which of the following is a time expression that can be used with the past continuous tense? A) Tomorrow. B) Yesterday. C) Next Sunday. D) Next month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yesterday. 20. He ..... some juice and then he ..... a few chips. A) Drank/ was eating. B) Drink/ ate. C) Drank/ eat. D) Was drinking/ ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drank/ eat. 21. Was she coming home when her mother slept?The sentence above belongs to ..... A) Negative sentence. B) Declarative sentence. C) Interrogative sentence. D) Imperative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative sentence. 22. Julia ..... her homework at 8 p.m. A) Did. B) Was doing. C) Were doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 23. We ..... dinner when dad ..... home A) Were eating/got. B) Ate/was getting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate/was getting. 24. Was she ..... milk this morning? A) Drinking. B) Jumping. C) Doing. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drinking. 25. What ..... yesterday evening? A) Did you do. B) You did. C) You were doing. D) Were you doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you doing. 26. I ..... how late it had got so I apologized and left. A) Haven't been realising. B) Hadn't been realising. C) Hadn't realised. D) Haven't realised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't realised. 27. The wind ..... blowing gently just now. A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 28. Did you ..... a frog while you were playing in the rice field? A) Caught. B) Catch. C) Catching. D) Were catching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catch. 29. Ali speaks Arabic. Arabic is his native language, but right now he (speak) ..... English. A) Is speaking. B) Speaking. C) Speaks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is speaking. 30. Which sentence best uses the past continuous to set the scene for a story? A) The wind howled and the rain fell. B) The wind was howling and rain was beating against the windows. C) The wind howled while the rain was beating the windows. D) The wind was howling when the rain fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wind was howling and rain was beating against the windows. 31. This time last year we ..... to Europe. A) Were travelled. B) Travelled. C) Were travelling. D) Was travelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were travelling. 32. My sister ..... TV in the living room when I arrived home last night. A) Watched. B) Watch. C) Is watching. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching. 33. Those students ..... when the teacher came. A) Was fighting. B) Are fighting. C) Were fighting. D) Is fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were fighting. 34. More children ..... in the gym when the teacher arrived there. A) Were practicing. B) Were practice. C) Practiced. D) Practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were practicing. 35. As I ..... a shower, my parents came home. A) Was taking. B) Had taken. C) Took. D) Had been taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 36. He was ..... with me about you at 10 am yesterday A) Talking. B) Talked. C) Talks. D) Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talking. 37. Which question is grammatically correct for asking about a past ongoing action? A) You were listening to music?. B) Did you were listening to music?. C) Were you listening to music?. D) You was listening to music?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you listening to music?. 38. Complete the sentence:I looked for my dog, but he ..... in his bed. A) Weren't sleeping. B) Not sleeping. C) Didn't sleeping. D) Wasn't sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't sleeping. 39. ..... my friends ..... games at 11 pm last night? A) Were, playing. B) Did, play. C) Was, playing. D) Are, playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, playing. 40. I didn't think Natasha ..... , as she was out for a whole day. A) Study. B) Was studying. C) Studies. D) Is studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying. 41. ..... she reading a magazine when Peter arrived? A) Did. B) Do. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 42. Wendy and I ..... arriving in Surin last Monday afternoon. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 43. Peter ..... a video game when his brother entered the room. A) Was playing. B) Plays. C) Played. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing. 44. What is the-ing form of 'decide'? A) Decided. B) Decideeing. C) Deciding. D) Decideing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deciding. 45. All the students ..... studying at home while the covid-19 ..... spreading in our country. A) Are-was. B) Are-is. C) Were-is. D) Were-was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were-was. 46. He said that he ..... on the phone when the car ..... A) Talked/was crashing. B) Was talking/was crashing. C) Was talking/crashed. D) Talked/crashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was talking/crashed. 47. What is the-ing form of 'put'? A) Putting. B) Putted. C) Puting. D) Put. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Putting. 48. Her uncle ..... his sport shoes 2 ..... ago A) Was, washing, week. B) Was, watching, week. C) Were, washing, weeks. D) Was, washing, weeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was, washing, weeks. 49. Complete the sentence:At 7:30 this morning, I ..... breakfast. A) Ate. B) Was eating. C) Am eating. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was eating. 50. ..... you ..... football at 2 PM yesterday? A) Are, playing. B) Was, playing. C) Were, playing. D) Do, playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were, playing. 51. Mr. Samuel was ..... dinner at 7 o'clock yesterday evening. A) Had. B) Have. C) Having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having. 52. He ..... taking a bath when you knocked on the door. A) Are. B) Were. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 53. At 6.20 a.m. yesterday, my father ..... driving me to school. A) Am. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 54. While the dog ..... , a car ran over it . A) Was walking. B) Walked. C) Walk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 55. While I ..... the washing-up, I ..... the plate A) Am doing/ break. B) Did/ broke. C) Was doing/ broke. D) Was doing/ break. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing/ broke. 56. While she was watching a movie, the lights ..... A) Was going out. B) Goes out. C) Went out. D) Go out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went out. 57. What ..... you doing yesterday afternoon?I told you! I ..... watching TV A) Were-were. B) Was-were. C) Was-was. D) Were-was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were-was. 58. She was learning English when He ..... back home A) Was coming. B) Comes. C) Is coming. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came. 59. What is the past continuous form of 'sleep' when the lights went out? A) I were sleeping. B) I am sleeping. C) I was sleeping. D) I sleeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was sleeping. 60. She ..... when I entered the kitchen. A) Is cooking. B) Was cooking. C) Cooked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Continuous Tense Quiz 1Past Continuous Tense Quiz 2Past Continuous Tense Quiz 3Past Continuous Tense Quiz 5Past Continuous Tense Quiz 6Past Continuous Tense Quiz 7Past Continuous Tense Quiz 8Past Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books