This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We were going to the bank ..... A) Right now. B) Yesterday. C) At the present. D) At the moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yesterday. 2. 3] We ..... under the tree. A) Were sitting. B) Were sat. C) Sitting. D) Was sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were sitting. 3. What is an example of a Past Continuous Tense sentence? A) I watch TV every day. B) I was watching TV when the phone rang. C) I will watch TV tomorrow. D) I watched TV yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was watching TV when the phone rang. 4. They ..... (talk) on the phone when the boss ..... (arrive) at the office. A) Talked, arrived. B) Was talking, arrived. C) Were talking, arrived. D) Were talking, was arriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were talking, arrived. 5. Complete the sentence with the best word order:He ..... for the game to start when his phone rang. A) Was waiting patiently. B) Patiently was waiting. C) Was patiently waiting. D) Waiting was patiently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was patiently waiting. 6. My brother and I ( am listening, are listening ) to the radio. A) Am listening. B) Are listening. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are listening. 7. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$While we ..... (explore) the ancient ruins, it started to rain. A) Was exploring. B) Were exploring. C) Was explored. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were exploring. 8. Which question is grammatically correct for asking about an ongoing activity in the past? A) What you did at the park?. B) What you were doing at the park?. C) What were you doing at the park?. D) What were you do at the park?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What were you doing at the park?. 9. Some crocodiles ..... (swim) towards Pak Pandir. He did not notice them. A) Are swimming. B) Is swimming. C) Was swimming. D) Were swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were swimming. 10. Bagas was ..... around the block while Nata was ..... at their backyard yesterday. A) Run, skipping. B) Running, skipped. C) Running, skipping. D) Run, skip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running, skipping. 11. Someone asks, 'Were they waiting for the bus?' Which is a correct short answer? A) No, they didn't. B) No, they weren't waiting. C) Yes, they was. D) Yes, they were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes, they were. 12. I was ..... My cat A) Have wishpering. B) Was wishpering. C) Was wishpered. D) Were wishpering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was wishpering. 13. Complete the sentence:Fendi and his friend ..... to the teacher a minute ago. A) Are talking. B) Will talk. C) Talked. D) Were talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were talking. 14. I was ..... a car when the accident suddenly happen A) Driving. B) Driven. C) Drive. D) Drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Driving. 15. .... James inventing a toy yesterday morning? A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 16. While the man ..... (water) the plants, a bee stung him. A) Was watering. B) Were watering. C) Is watering. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watering. 17. If someone asks, 'What were you doing at 8 PM last night?', which answer best describes an action in progress at that specific time? A) I do my homework. B) I did my homework. C) I finished my homework. D) I was doing my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was doing my homework. 18. Games / was / computer / Bob / playing / A) Bob computer games was playing. B) Bob was games playing computer. C) Bob was playing computer games. D) Bon playing was computer games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bob was playing computer games. 19. The boys ..... in the badminton court yesterday afternoon. A) Is playing. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Are making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 20. Last month I ..... to Cochabamba. A) Were traveling. B) Was travel. C) Was traveling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was traveling. 21. Alex ..... (wait) for a bus when I saw him. A) Was waitin. B) Was waitted. C) Waited. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was waiting. 22. Change this sentence into English:Rina tidak sedang menyimpan dokumen di atas mejaku tadi malam A) Rina wasn't saving document on my desk last night. B) Was rina saving document on my desk last night?. C) Rina weren't saving document on my desk last night. D) Rina was saving document on my desk last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rina wasn't saving document on my desk last night. 23. I did not understand what they were talking about A) Did not/ were talking. B) Do not/ were talking. C) Did not/ talked. D) Did not/ was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did not/ were talking. 24. Complete the sentence:My friends and I ..... for the school bus when it started to rain. A) Were waiting. B) Waited. C) Is waiting. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were waiting. 25. The workers ..... the wires yesterday. A) Was connecting. B) Is connecting. C) Are connecting. D) Were connecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were connecting. 26. I ..... a sandwich when the phone rang. A) Was making. B) Made. C) Is making. D) Were making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was making. 27. The boy is playing football. A) Future Tense. B) Present Continuous. C) Present Tense. D) Past Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Continuous. 28. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:I looked for you at the party, but you ..... A) Didn't dancing. B) Wasn't dancing. C) Weren't dancing. D) Not were dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't dancing. 29. They ..... to their teacher while my mother was explaining. A) Listen. B) Was listening. C) Were listening. D) Listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were listening. 30. Tisha ..... when she fell and hurt her leg. A) Danced. B) Was dancing. C) Were dancing. D) Dances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was dancing. 31. Complete the sentence:The students ..... quietly on their project when the principal walked in. A) Are working. B) Is working. C) Were working. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were working. 32. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$She ..... (hum) a song while cooking dinner. A) Was humming. B) Was hummed. C) Were hummed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was humming. 33. One man ..... the grass while his wife was ..... strawberries. A) Mowed/ picking. B) Mowed/ picked. C) Was mowing/ was picking. D) Was mowing/ picked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was mowing/ was picking. 34. Sally ( am working, is working ) diligently on her Science project. A) Am working. B) Is working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is working. 35. ..... going home? A) You were. B) Were. C) Was. D) Were you. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you. 36. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$He ..... (drive) to work when it started to rain. A) Was driving. B) Were driving. C) Was drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 37. While my father ..... news on TV, I ..... my homework. A) Was watching / was done. B) Watched / did. C) Was watching / was doing. D) Watched / was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching / was doing. 38. My sisters were sleeping when a person ..... loudly at the door. A) Was knocked. B) Knocking. C) A knock. D) Knocked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knocked. 39. In 2010, we ..... (live) in a small flat in London. A) Were live. B) Was living. C) Was live. D) Were living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were living. 40. Choose the best way to turn this statement into a yes/no question:'They were studying for the science test.' A) Did they were studying for the science test?. B) Studying for the science test were they?. C) They were studying for the science test?. D) Were they studying for the science test?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were they studying for the science test?. 41. They ..... books when the telephone ..... A) Read/rang. B) Read/was ringing. C) Were reading/ rang. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were reading/ rang. 42. Choose the sentence that correctly describes two actions happening at the same time in the past. A) I was doing homework while my brother played video games. B) I did homework when my brother was playing video games. C) I was doing homework while my brother was playing video games. D) I did homework while my brother was playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was doing homework while my brother was playing video games. 43. 8] While my father ..... news on TV, I ..... my homework. A) Watched / was doing. B) Was watching / was doing. C) Watched / did. D) Was watching / was done. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching / was doing. 44. I ..... (rest) on the sofa when the postman came. A) Was resting. B) Were resting. C) Am resting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was resting. 45. My mother ..... cooking in the kitchen at 6 am this morning A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 46. True or False:The sentence 'He was knowing the answer' is a common and correct way to talk about a past state of mind. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. What is the importance of using Past Continuous Tense in storytelling? A) It helps to create a vivid picture of what was happening at a specific time in the past. B) It allows the writer to express future actions. C) It is used to indicate completed actions in the past. D) It helps to summarize the main events of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helps to create a vivid picture of what was happening at a specific time in the past. 48. While she ..... her family, they had a birthday party for her. A) Visited. B) Was visitting. C) Were visiting. D) Visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was visitting. 49. Frank and Mink ..... to the beach 7 o'clock yesterday. A) Isn't, going. B) Aren't, going. C) Wasn't, going. D) Weren't, going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weren't, going. 50. The telephone ( ring) ..... while I was cleaning the house. A) Were ringing. B) Rang. C) Rings. D) Has ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 51. We ..... meeting at 9a.m yesterday. A) Was having. B) Are having. C) Were having. D) Is having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were having. 52. Chuck had left the house before I ..... (CALL). A) Called. B) Had called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 53. Adela ..... the guitar while the other girls ..... A) Playing singing. B) Was playing were singing. C) Was plaing were singing. D) Is playing were singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing were singing. 54. Mei Ling and her sister ..... (swim) in the pool when it started to rain. A) Was swimming. B) Were swimming. C) Are swimming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were swimming. 55. I ..... (eat) a sandwich when someone shouted, 'There's a fire in the school!' A) Were eating. B) Eating. C) Ate. D) Was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was eating. 56. The tiger ..... for its prey just now. A) Are hunting. B) Was hunting. C) Were hunting. D) Is hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was hunting. 57. She was exhausted because she (work) since eight o'clock that morning. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 58. I ..... hear the thunder during the storm last night because I was sleeping. Kata yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat tersebut adalah A) Did. B) Do. C) Did not. D) Do not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did not. 59. I couldn't answer your call because I ..... (drive) A) Drove. B) Drived. C) Was driving. D) Were driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was driving. 60. Complete the sentence:We ..... attention in class, so the teacher got upset. A) Didn't paying. B) Weren't paying. C) Wasn't paying. D) Not were paying. 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