This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The farmers ..... the field when it began to pour. A) Were ploughing. B) Ploughed. C) Had been ploughing. D) Had ploughed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were ploughing. 2. Christina and Jennie ..... in the restaurant when the accident happen. A) Waited. B) Was waiting. C) Waiting. D) Were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were waiting. 3. The little girl ( is reading, are reading ) her new storybook. A) Is reading. B) Are reading. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is reading. 4. Abam ..... having online class when his sister had offline class in Junior A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 5. Grandpa Paul ..... in the park all yesterday evening. A) Were digging. B) Was digging. C) Is digging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was digging. 6. Anne ..... studying in London last year. A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 7. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$I ..... (clean) my room when you called. A) Were cleaned. B) Was cleaning. C) Was cleaned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cleaning. 8. James ..... the car. A) Was repairing. B) Were repairing. C) Is repairing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was repairing. 9. The athletes ..... very hard for the sports all last week. A) Are practising. B) Was practising. C) Were practising. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were practising. 10. I ..... some mango juice when Maggie bumped into me! A) Was drinking. B) Were drinking. C) Drink. D) Drank. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was drinking. 11. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:I looked for my dog, but he ..... in the backyard. A) Wasn't playing. B) Weren't playing. C) Didn't playing. D) Not was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't playing. 12. Which sentence correctly uses 'work' in past continuous? A) You are working. B) You were working. C) You was working. D) You works. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You were working. 13. The kids ..... (sleep) when I ..... (enter) their bedroom. A) Didn't sleep / was entering. B) Weren't sleeping / entered. C) Wasn't sleeping / entered. D) Weren't sleeping / was entering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't sleeping / entered. 14. The students ..... the room last week. A) Was cleaning. B) Were cleaning. C) Is cleaning. D) Are cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were cleaning. 15. Was your Mom cleaning the house last night? A) No, she hasn't. B) No, she isn't. C) No, she wasn't. D) No, she doesn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, she wasn't. 16. So I ..... to cycle around a little. A) Decide. B) Was deciding. C) Decided. D) Decides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decided. 17. What ..... last weekend? A) Were you. B) Was he. C) Was she do. D) Was he doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was he doing. 18. My grandma tried pizza for the first time while she ..... in Italy. A) Staying. B) Is staying. C) Was staying. D) Is stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was staying. 19. At 5 o'clock yesterday I ..... dinner. A) Had had. B) Had. C) Had been having. D) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was having. 20. Select the correct answerMy aunt Laxmi ..... T.V. yesterday when I arrived. A) Was watched. B) Was watching. C) Were watched. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 21. I was doing my homework ..... My cat was sleeping. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 22. The past continuous tense is used to denoted ..... A) Short action in the present. B) Long action in the past. C) Long action in the present. D) Short action in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long action in the past. 23. She ..... in the kitchen. A) Were cooking. B) Was cooking. C) Is cooking. D) Are cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is cooking. 24. His heart ..... when he was told of the news. A) Were stiring. B) Was stirring. C) Was stiring. D) Are stiring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was stirring. 25. ..... you ..... football at 2 PM? A) Was, playing. B) Were, playing. C) Are, playing. D) Do, playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were, playing. 26. When he ..... home police car crashed into him. A) Were returning. B) Returning. C) Was returning. D) Return. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was returning. 27. My brother and I ..... cooking all evening yesterday. A) Am. B) We're. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 28. Select the best question to ask what your friend, Mia, was doing last night. A) What did you do last night?. B) What you were doing last night?. C) What were you doing last night?. D) Why were you so tired?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What were you doing last night?. 29. My Father ..... (read) a newspaper when I Washed my motorcycle. A) Will read. B) Were reading. C) Read. D) Reads. E) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Was reading. 30. David ..... the grass the other day when the snake appeared A) Were cutting. B) Was cutting. C) Was cut. D) Cuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cutting. 31. While he ..... , I was sleeping. A) Was sleeping. B) Is sleeping. C) Slept. D) Was sleping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 32. Mr. Thompson ..... (drive) to work in his new car yesterday morning. A) Is driving. B) Was driving. C) Were driving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving. 33. When Pak Dollah walked into his garden, the mousedeer ..... eating the vegetables. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 34. Melvin didn't go out yesterday because it ..... all day. A) Was raining. B) Was rainning. C) Were raining. D) Is raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining. 35. Somebody threw a shoe at him ..... he was speaking. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 36. Was he not ..... his homework? A) Done. B) Doing. C) Do. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doing. 37. The dogs ..... (bark) all night. A) Were barking. B) Was barking. C) Barked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were barking. 38. The phone was ..... five minutes ago A) Rings. B) Ringing. C) Ring. D) Rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ringing. 39. When he opened the window, it ..... (snow). A) Were snowing. B) Was snowing. C) Snowed. D) Was snowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was snowing. 40. When I saw you, you ..... your new cap. A) Weren't wearing. B) Wasn't wearing. C) Was wear. D) Wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't wearing. 41. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the farmers ..... working in the rice fields. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 42. "Saya sedang tidur ketika ayah saya tiba jam 7 malam tadi" A) I slept when my father came at 7 last night. B) I was sleeping when my father was coming at 7 last night. C) I was sleeping when my father came at 7 last night. D) I was sleeping when my father is coming at 7 last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was sleeping when my father came at 7 last night. 43. The dog ..... angrily at the stranger just now. A) Was barking. B) Is barking. C) Are barking. D) Were barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was barking. 44. Choose the best option to describe two actions happening at the same time in the past. A) I studied when my brother was playing video games. B) While I was studying, my brother played video games. C) While I was studying, my brother was playing video games. D) While I studied, my brother was playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While I was studying, my brother was playing video games. 45. ..... Johnny visiting their parents last Tuesday evening? A) Were. B) Did. C) Do. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 46. What was she doing? A) She was runing. B) She ran. C) She running. D) She was running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was running. 47. While I ..... TV, the doorbell ..... A) Was watching/ rang. B) Was watching/ was ringing. C) Watched/ was ringing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching/ rang. 48. Were you and friends doing homework at 5 PM last Sunday. A) They, were. B) They, are. C) We, are. D) We, were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We, were. 49. I ..... to Bali by plane last year. A) Was going. B) Going. C) Went. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 50. True or False:In the sentence 'My sister was always borrowing my clothes without asking, ' the past continuous is used to express annoyance about a repeated habit. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. I ..... to contact him for ages, but he never replied. A) Am trying. B) Had trying. C) Tried. D) Had tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had tried. 52. They were ..... cake last week. A) Drinking. B) Make. C) Making. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making. 53. Complete the sentence:At the sleepover, all my friends ..... scary stories. A) Are telling. B) Were telling. C) Was telling. D) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were telling. 54. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$They ..... (watch) TV when the power went out. A) Were watching. B) Was watching. C) Were watched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching. 55. While Mr Wang ..... the newspaper, his wife called him. A) Is reading. B) Read. C) Were reading. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 56. A loud noise woke me up ..... I was sleeping happily. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 57. Combine these clauses using 'when':'I was eating dinner' and 'the phone rang'. A) I was eating dinner and the phone rang. B) While I was eating dinner, the phone rang. C) The phone rang when I was eating dinner. D) I was eating dinner when the phone rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was eating dinner when the phone rang. 58. My friends ..... lunch at 1 a.m. A) Wasn't having. B) Having. C) Weren't having. D) Were have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't having. 59. They ..... TV while their mum ..... dinner. A) Were watching / was preparing. B) Was watching / was preparing. C) Were watching / prepared. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching / was preparing. 60. Somebody threw a stone at him while he ..... A) Was speaking. B) Had been speaking. C) Spoke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was speaking. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Continuous Tense Quiz 1Past Continuous Tense Quiz 2Past Continuous Tense Quiz 3Past Continuous Tense Quiz 4Past Continuous Tense Quiz 5Past Continuous Tense Quiz 7Past Continuous Tense Quiz 8Past Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books