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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She was learning English when He ..... back home A) Comes. B) Came. C) Is coming. D) Was coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 2. What is the past continuous form of 'sleep' when the lights went out? A) I were sleeping. B) I am sleeping. C) I was sleeping. D) I sleeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was sleeping. 3. She ..... when I entered the kitchen. A) Is cooking. B) Was cooking. C) Cooked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 4. First I ..... (have) breakfast and then I ..... (take) a shower. A) Was having / took. B) Was having / was taking. C) Had / was taking. D) Had / took. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had / took. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. Someone left this package on his table while he ..... lunch in the canteen. A) Was having. B) Is having. C) Had. D) Would have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was having. 8. 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. 9. I ..... in my room while you ..... at the top of your voice. A) Was studying screamed. B) Studied screamed. C) Was studying were screaming. D) Studied were screaming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying were screaming. 10. Which of these is a correct yes/no question in the past continuous tense? A) You were playing outside?. B) Do you was playing outside?. C) Were you playing outside?. D) Did you were playing outside?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you playing outside?. 11. As we ..... into the bank, I saw a wallet on the floor. A) Are walking. B) Were walking. C) Were walked. D) Was waling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were walking. 12. It ..... and cloudy when we left Ireland. A) Raining. B) Is raining. C) Was rain. D) Was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was raining. 13. The dog ..... barking madly. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 14. Your friend wrote:'The players was running onto the field when the crowd cheered.' How would you best correct the grammar? A) Change 'was running' to 'ran'. B) Change 'was running' to 'were running'. C) The sentence is already correct. D) Change 'cheered' to 'was cheering'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change 'was running' to 'were running'. 15. Your friend asks, 'Were you and Sarah watching that new show?' Choose the correct short answer if you both were. A) Yes, we were. B) Yes, I was. C) Yes, we did. D) Yes, we was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, we were. 16. 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. 17. 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 doing dinner while her mom was cooking his math homework. B) While hid mom was cooking dinner, he doing homework. C) He was cooking dinner while her mom was doing his math homework. D) He was doing his math homework while his mom was cooking dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was doing his math homework while his mom was cooking dinner. 18. Lindsay and her three friends ..... hide and seek when the gardener finished his task. A) Plays. B) Played. C) Were playing. D) Is playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. She was reading a book when I ..... A) Were gotting. B) Getting home. C) Was got home. D) Got home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got home. 22. Her friends ..... coming to my party last night. A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 23. After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud suddenly appeared and it started to rain. A) Appeared/ started. B) Appearing/ starting. C) Appeared/ was starting. D) Was appearing/ was started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeared/ started. 24. 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. 25. What is the past continuous tense used for? A) To talk about actions in progress in the past. B) To talk about future actions. C) To express general truths. D) To describe habits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To talk about actions in progress in the past. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. $^{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. 29. Fill in the blank:They ..... to the music when I entered the room. A) Were dancing. B) Were talking. C) Were sleeping. D) Were singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were dancing. 30. My mother was ..... , when I came A) Cook. B) Cooking. C) Cooked. D) Cooks. 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