This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. This time last year we ..... to Europe. A) Were travelled. B) Was travelling. C) Travelled. D) Were travelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were travelling. 4. My sister ..... TV in the living room when I arrived home last night. A) Is watching. B) Watched. C) Was watching. D) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 5. We ..... having dinner. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 6. Those students ..... when the teacher came. A) Is fighting. B) Was fighting. C) Were fighting. D) Are fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were fighting. 7. More children ..... in the gym when the teacher arrived there. A) Were practicing. B) Practice. C) Were practice. D) Practiced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were practicing. 8. As I ..... a shower, my parents came home. A) Had taken. B) Had been taking. C) Was taking. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was taking. 9. He was ..... with me about you at 10 am yesterday A) Talking. B) Talked. C) Talks. D) Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talking. 10. Which question is grammatically correct for asking about a past ongoing action? A) Were you listening to music?. B) You was listening to music?. C) You were listening to music?. D) Did you were listening to music?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you listening to music?. 11. Complete the sentence:I looked for my dog, but he ..... in his bed. A) Not sleeping. B) Weren't sleeping. C) Didn't sleeping. D) Wasn't sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't sleeping. 12. ..... my friends ..... games at 11 pm last night? A) Are, playing. B) Was, playing. C) Were, playing. D) Did, play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were, playing. 13. I didn't think Natasha ..... , as she was out for a whole day. A) Is studying. B) Was studying. C) Study. D) Studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying. 14. ..... she reading a magazine when Peter arrived? A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 15. 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. 16. Peter ..... a video game when his brother entered the room. A) Plays. B) Were playing. C) Played. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was playing. 17. What is the-ing form of 'decide'? A) Decided. B) Decideing. C) Decideeing. D) Deciding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deciding. 18. All the students ..... studying at home while the covid-19 ..... spreading in our country. A) Are-is. B) Are-was. C) Were-was. D) Were-is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were-was. 19. He said that he ..... on the phone when the car ..... A) Talked/was crashing. B) Was talking/crashed. C) Talked/crashed. D) Was talking/was crashing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was talking/crashed. 20. What is the-ing form of 'put'? A) Puting. B) Putted. C) Put. D) Putting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Putting. 21. Her uncle ..... his sport shoes 2 ..... ago A) Was, watching, week. B) Were, washing, weeks. C) Was, washing, weeks. D) Was, washing, week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was, washing, weeks. 22. Complete the sentence:At 7:30 this morning, I ..... breakfast. A) Was eating. B) Eat. C) Ate. D) Am eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating. 23. ..... you ..... football at 2 PM yesterday? A) Was, playing. B) Are, playing. C) Were, playing. D) Do, playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were, playing. 24. 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. 25. He ..... taking a bath when you knocked on the door. A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 26. At 6.20 a.m. yesterday, my father ..... driving me to school. A) Am. B) Were. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 27. 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. 28. While I ..... the washing-up, I ..... the plate A) Did/ broke. B) Was doing/ broke. C) Am doing/ break. D) Was doing/ break. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing/ broke. 29. While she was watching a movie, the lights ..... A) Was going out. B) Went out. C) Go out. D) Goes out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went out. 30. What ..... you doing yesterday afternoon?I told you! I ..... watching TV A) Was-was. B) Were-were. C) Was-were. D) Were-was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were-was. ← 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 7Past Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books