This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. First I ..... (have) breakfast and then I ..... (take) a shower. A) Had / was taking. B) Was having / took. C) Was having / was taking. D) Had / took. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had / took. 2. Choose the best way to combine these two ideas:(1) I was walking home. (2) It began to snow. A) I walked home and it was beginning to snow. B) While I was walking home, it began to snow. C) I was walking home and it was beginning to snow. D) I walked home when it was beginning to snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While I was walking home, it began to snow. 3. Ahmad, Abu and Ali ..... (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. 4. Someone left this package on his table while he ..... lunch in the canteen. A) Would have. B) Had. C) Was having. D) Is having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was having. 5. True or False:The word 'while' is often used to show two long actions happening at the same time, as in 'While I was studying, 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. 6. I ..... in my room while you ..... at the top of your voice. A) Was studying were screaming. B) Studied screamed. C) Studied were screaming. D) Was studying screamed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying were screaming. 7. Which of these is a correct yes/no question in the past continuous tense? A) Were you playing outside?. B) Did you were playing outside?. C) You were playing outside?. D) Do you was playing outside?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you playing outside?. 8. As we ..... into the bank, I saw a wallet on the floor. A) Were walked. B) Was waling. C) Are walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were walking. 9. It ..... and cloudy when we left Ireland. A) Is raining. B) Was rain. C) Raining. D) Was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was raining. 10. The dog ..... barking madly. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 11. Your friend wrote:'The players was running onto the field when the crowd cheered.' How would you best correct the grammar? A) Change 'cheered' to 'was cheering'. B) The sentence is already correct. C) Change 'was running' to 'ran'. D) Change 'was running' to 'were running'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change 'was running' to 'were running'. 12. Your friend asks, 'Were you and Sarah watching that new show?' Choose the correct short answer if you both were. A) Yes, we did. B) Yes, we were. C) Yes, we was. D) Yes, I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, we were. 13. Akma ..... studying English about past continuous tense last meeting. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 14. Questions number 8-10Arrange the word into the right order.while / was / doing / He / cooking / her mom / math homework / was / dinner / his A) He was cooking dinner while her mom was doing his math homework. B) He was doing his math homework while his mom was cooking dinner. C) While hid mom was cooking dinner, he doing homework. D) He was doing dinner while her mom was cooking his math homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was doing his math homework while his mom was cooking dinner. 15. Lindsay and her three friends ..... hide and seek when the gardener finished his task. A) Is playing. B) Played. C) Were playing. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 16. While I ..... reading a book, the postman came. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 17. My mother and siblings (is baking, are baking) some chocolate cupcakes now. A) Is baking. B) Are baking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are baking. 18. She was reading a book when I ..... A) Got home. B) Getting home. C) Were gotting. D) Was got home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got home. 19. Her friends ..... coming to my party last night. A) Were. B) Are. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 20. After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud suddenly appeared and it started to rain. A) Appearing/ starting. B) Was appearing/ was started. C) Appeared/ was starting. D) Appeared/ started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeared/ started. 21. She ..... (not) looking for the book which she lost A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 22. What is the past continuous tense used for? A) To express general truths. B) To talk about actions in progress in the past. C) To describe habits. D) To talk about future actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To talk about actions in progress in the past. 23. Choose the sentence that correctly shows a longer, ongoing action being interrupted by a shorter one. A) I listened to music when my mom was calling me. B) I was listening to music when my mom called me. C) I was listening to music while my mom was calling me. D) I listened to music when my mom called me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was listening to music when my mom called me. 24. She ..... the magazine when I came. A) Were reading. B) Was read. C) Was reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 25. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$We ..... (wait) for the bus when it started to rain. A) Waited. B) Was waiting. C) Were waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 26. Fill in the blank:They ..... to the music when I entered the room. A) Were talking. B) Were dancing. C) Were sleeping. D) Were singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were dancing. 27. My mother was ..... , when I came A) Cooks. B) Cooked. C) Cook. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooking. 28. The girls ..... in the park at five o'clock last Sunday. A) Cycle. B) Was cycling. C) Were cycling. D) Cycled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were cycling. 29. ..... were sleeping under the tree. A) Three cats. B) A cow. C) An elephant. D) The man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three cats. 30. A lot of fans ..... around the superstar when I took his photograph. A) Were standing. B) Are standing. C) Stood. D) Stand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were standing. 31. I ..... walking to school now. A) Was. B) Is. C) Are. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Am. 32. ..... they swimming when the phone rang? A) Are. B) Did. C) Do. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 33. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given.Steven and I ..... the Net at 10 a.m. last Sunday. A) Was surfing. B) Were surfing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were surfing. 34. Which sentence best shows two actions happening at the same time in the past? A) While I was doing my homework, my brother was watching a movie. B) I did my homework, and then my brother was watching a movie. C) While I did my homework, my brother watched a movie. D) I was doing my homework, but my brother watched a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While I was doing my homework, my brother was watching a movie. 35. Which of these words are needed to form the past continuous tense? A) Do/does + verb. B) Was/were + verb-ing. C) Will + verb-ing. D) Have/has + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was/were + verb-ing. 36. Which sentence places the time expression 'at 10 p.m.' correctly to emphasize what was happening at that exact moment? A) They were watching at 10 p.m. still the movie. B) At 10 p.m., they were still watching the movie. C) They still at 10 p.m. were watching the movie. D) They were watching the movie still at 10 p.m. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At 10 p.m., they were still watching the movie. 37. When Kevin called me, I ..... the plants at the back yard. A) Am watering. B) Watered. C) Were watering. D) Was watering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watering. 38. Complete:I ..... waiting for a bus. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 39. The school gardener ..... in the school garden all yesterday evening. A) Was diging. B) Is digging. C) Were digging. D) Was digging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was digging. 40. Linda ..... for three hours before we met. A) Has waited. B) Had been waiting. C) Had waited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 41. At 8.30 a.m. today, I ..... driving to work. A) Are. B) Were. C) Was. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 42. Mrs. Rini ..... Gardening a beautiful sunflower ..... A) Was, tomorrow. B) Was, 2 days ago. C) Was, 2 days later. D) Were, next month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was, 2 days ago. 43. Find the error in this sentence:'Yesterday at the skate park, my friends was practicing a new trick when I arrived.' A) The word 'was' should be 'were'. B) There is no mistake in the sentence. C) The word 'practicing' is spelled wrong. D) The word 'arrived' should be 'was arriving'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The word 'was' should be 'were'. 44. I ..... english when Mr. Giyono operated the computer. A) Had been studying. B) Have been studying. C) Am studying. D) Was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was studying. 45. Which question is formed correctly in the past continuous tense? A) You were doing what after school?. B) What you were doing after school?. C) What were you doing after school?. D) What did you doing after school?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What were you doing after school?. 46. Last year we ..... in the middle of a pandemic. A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 47. Ram is walking on the footpath. Change the sentence into Past Continuous Tense. A) Ram were walking on the footpath. B) Ram was walking on the footpath. C) Ram walked on the footpath. D) Ram will be walking on the footpath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ram was walking on the footpath. 48. John shouted, 'It is not fair, you ..... all the money to yourself.' A) Is keeping. B) Were keeping. C) Was keeping. D) Are keeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are keeping. 49. When he was a baby, he ..... always ..... A) Was criing. B) Were cried. C) Is crying. D) Was crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was crying. 50. The workmen ..... the roof the whole of last week. A) Are repairing. B) Repaired. C) Were repairing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were repairing. 51. The girl ..... (take) a bath when the phone rang just now. A) Was taking. B) Were taking. C) Is taking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 52. When I phoned my friends, they ..... monopoly A) Were playing. B) Played. C) Are playing. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 53. We ..... our lost friends. A) Was looking. B) Were looking for. C) Was looking for. D) Were looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were looking for. 54. When my friend came, I ..... flowers in the garden. A) Was watering. B) Were watering. C) Waters. D) Were coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watering. 55. My sister and I ..... up Mt. Lemmon at 5 pm yesterday evening. A) Was hiking. B) Was hiked. C) Were hiking. D) Were hiked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were hiking. 56. The students ..... their Annual examination. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. A) Wrote. B) Will be writing. C) Were writing. D) Was writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were writing. 57. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$I ..... (study) when the phone rang. A) Studied. B) Was study. C) Was studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. 58. Choose the best sentence to describe two actions happening at the same time in the past. A) While my mom was cooking dinner, my dad set the table. B) My mom cooked dinner when my dad was setting the table. C) While my mom was cooking dinner, my dad was setting the table. D) My mom cooked dinner, and then my dad was setting the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While my mom was cooking dinner, my dad was setting the table. 59. ..... we booked our tickets, we had searched for the hotels. A) After. B) Before. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 60. Mike wanted to sit down because he ..... all day at work. A) Was standing. B) Had been standing. C) Stood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been standing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Continuous Tense Quiz 1Past Continuous Tense Quiz 2Past Continuous Tense Quiz 3Past Continuous Tense Quiz 4Past 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