This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mr Sharma and his children ..... in their garden. A) Is gardening. B) Was gardening. C) Were gardening. D) Are gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are gardening. 2. Jimmy told me that he ..... for his friend at that time. A) Is waiting. B) Waits. C) Waited. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was waiting. 3. ..... Tono ..... a bike yesterday? A) Were ; ride. B) Were ; ride. C) Were ; riding. D) Was ; riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was ; riding. 4. Yesterday at midnight, I ..... a instant noodle. A) Is, eating. B) Were, eating. C) Am, eating. D) Was, eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was, eating. 5. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$I ..... (polish) my shoes when the doorbell rang. A) Was polishing. B) Had polished. C) Were polishing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was polishing. 6. Peter and Joan ..... (wait) for their father. A) Were waiting. B) Was waitting. C) Was waiting. D) Were waitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were waiting. 7. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The artist ..... (sketch) a landscape when I visited her studio. A) Were sketched. B) Was sketch. C) Was sketching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sketching. 8. While it ..... outside, I ..... in the farmer's house. A) Was raining/ was sitting. B) Rained/ sat. C) Rained/ was sitting. D) Was raining/ sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was raining/ sat. 9. The candles ..... when the wind blew them out. A) Is blowing. B) Are blowing. C) Was blowing. D) Were blowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were blowing. 10. Mrs. Utami ..... writing a letter when the phone rang. A) Has not been. B) Is not. C) Had not been. D) Was not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was not. 11. Fill in the blank:We ..... TV when the power went out. A) Were sleeping. B) Were playing. C) Were eating. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were watching. 12. The teacher was angry because some students ..... (play) football in the classroom when he came in. A) Are playing. B) Played. C) Was playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 13. ..... you ..... football at 2 p.m. last Saturday? A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Do playing. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 14. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$The students ..... (discuss) the project when the teacher entered. A) Were discussing. B) Is discussing. C) Was discussed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were discussing. 15. I ..... along that road when I spotted a little puppy. A) Was driving. B) Drove. C) Had been driving. D) Had driven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 16. I ..... all night yesterday A) Was not working. B) Were not working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not working. 17. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:I couldn't join the game because I ..... my chores yet. A) Not finishing. B) Wasn't finish. C) Wasn't finishing. D) Weren't finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't finishing. 18. Paul ..... dancing in the classroom now. A) Was. B) Am. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 19. Choose the correct answer.Simon ..... a magazine when the phone ..... A) Read, rang. B) Read, was ringing. C) Was reading, rang. D) Reading, ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading, rang. 20. I ..... (make) a sandwich when the phone rang. A) Am making. B) Is making. C) Was making. D) Were making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was making. 21. Complete the sentence to show an action that was interrupted:We ..... for the bus when it suddenly ..... to pour rain. A) Waited, was starting. B) Waited, started. C) Were waiting, was starting. D) Were waiting, started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were waiting, started. 22. While I ..... (walk) down the street, it ..... (begin) to rain A) Walked, was begining. B) Was walking, began. C) Walked, began. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was walking, began. 23. When I ..... the house this morning, it ..... A) Was leaving, was raining. B) Left; rained. C) Left; was raining. D) Was leaving, rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left; was raining. 24. When I ..... up yesterday morning, the sun ..... A) Got/ shone. B) Got/ was shining. C) Get/ is shining. D) Get/ shine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got/ was shining. 25. She ..... Smiling to me yesterday A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 26. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$I ..... (paint) the house all afternoon. A) Was painted. B) Was painting. C) Is painted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was painting. 27. The door closed while everybody ..... up. A) Were standing. B) Was standing. C) Are standing. D) Standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was standing. 28. How would you correctly ask what someone was doing at a specific time last night? A) What you did at 9 PM?. B) What did you do at 9 PM?. C) What you were doing at 9 PM?. D) What were you doing at 9 PM?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What were you doing at 9 PM?. 29. Apakah kamu sedang mengerjakan PR semalam (?) A) Were you doing homework last yesterday?. B) You weren't doing homework last night. C) Were you doing homework last night?. D) You were doing homework last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you doing homework last night?. 30. The boy ..... sleeping in a tent. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 31. I ..... my work at 3 o'clock yesterday. A) Finishes. B) Was finishing. C) Finished. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was finishing. 32. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given.Samson ..... 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: A) Was surfing. 33. Kamala ..... her favourite book right now. A) Are reading. B) Was reading. C) Were reading. D) Is reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is reading. 34. True or False:The sentence 'They weren't paying attention in class' is a correct negative sentence in the past continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. As long as one group ..... dinner, the others were collecting woods for fire. A) Is preparing. B) Prepare. C) Preparing. D) Was preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was preparing. 36. While Sara ..... the dishes, her sister wiped the dining table. A) Were washing. B) Washed. C) Washes. D) Was washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was washing. 37. Your friend wrote this note:'The kids running around the park.' What is the best way to fix this sentence fragment using the past continuous tense? A) The kids runned around the park. B) The kids was running around the park. C) The kids were running around the park. D) The kids are running around the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The kids were running around the park. 38. Change this sentence into English:Apakah nenekku sedang menyebrang jalan sepuluh menit yang lalu? A) Was my grandma crossing the road ten minutes ago?. B) Were my grandma crossing the road ten minutes ago?. C) My grandma crossing the road ten minutes ago. D) My grandma wasn't crossing the road ten minutes ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was my grandma crossing the road ten minutes ago?. 39. You weren't ..... with someone in the restaurant last night A) Paying. B) Buying. C) Watching. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating. 40. He ..... when his father came home. A) Cried. B) Were crying. C) Cry. D) Was crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was crying. 41. My mom and dad ..... dinner last night A) Are cooking. B) Was cooking. C) Is cooking. D) Were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were cooking. 42. She met them at the station while she ..... (wait) for her train. A) Was waiting. B) Waited. C) Were waiting. D) Wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was waiting. 43. Cooking / she / pasta / was /.Tick the right sentence. A) She was cooking pasta. B) Was She cooking pasta. C) She wasn't cooking pasta. D) She cooking was pasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was cooking pasta. 44. The wind ..... strongly and it ..... very heavily last two days. A) Blows, rains. B) Is blowing, is raining. C) Were blowing, were raining. D) Was blowing, was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was blowing, was raining. 45. Complete the sentence:We ..... sleeping when the police came. A) Are. B) Weren't. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't. 46. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$We ..... (explore) the city all day yesterday. A) Were exploring. B) Was exploring. C) Is explored. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were exploring. 47. The motorcyclist knocked down the old man while he ( is crossing, was crossing ) the road. A) Is crossing. B) Was crossing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was crossing. 48. True or False:The sentence 'My phone wasn't working, so I couldn't call you' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Which sentence correctly uses 'always' with the past continuous to show that an action was annoying or happened too often? A) He did always forget his keys. B) He was always forgetting his keys. C) He always was forgetting his keys. D) He was forgetting always his keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was always forgetting his keys. 50. Mrs Adams was ..... dinner at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. A) Hasing. B) Have. C) Had. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having. 51. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$They ..... (argue) when the teacher entered the classroom. A) Were arguing. B) Was arguing. C) Was argued. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were arguing. 52. I was watching the TV when my mother ..... it off. A) Was practicing. B) Turn. C) Were turning. D) Turned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turned. 53. True or False:The word 'while' is typically used to connect two longer, ongoing actions that were happening at the same time in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. While people ..... to each other, he ..... his book. A) Talked/ was reading. B) Were talking/ was reading. C) Were talking/ read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were talking/ was reading. 55. Select the sentence that correctly shows a longer, ongoing action being interrupted by a shorter one. A) They watched a movie when they heard a noise. B) They were watching a movie when they heard a noise. C) They were watching a movie when they were hearing a noise. D) They watched a movie when they were hearing a noise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were watching a movie when they heard a noise. 56. When do we use the Past Continuous Tense? A) To describe actions that were happening at a specific time in the past or to set the scene in a story. B) To indicate a completed action in the past. C) To express future intentions. D) To describe habitual actions in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To describe actions that were happening at a specific time in the past or to set the scene in a story. 57. It is twenty to six A) 20.06. B) 6.20. C) 6.40. D) 6.30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6.40. 58. A: ..... you listening to the teacher?B:Yes, I ..... A) Was / were. B) Were / was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were / was. 59. Tutik tidak sedang mendengarkan musik kemarin. (-) A) Tutik wasn't listening to music yesterday. B) Tutik is listening to music yesterday. C) Tutik was listening to music yesterday. D) Was Tutik listening to music yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tutik wasn't listening to music yesterday. 60. Janet ..... for the play. A) Were rehearsing. B) Is rehearsing. C) Was rehearsing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was rehearsing. ← 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 6Past Continuous Tense Quiz 8Past Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books