This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jean ..... (drive) his new car when we saw her. A) Drives. B) Is driving. C) Was driven. D) Was driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was driving. 2. What is the correct past continuous form of 'practice' for the girls? A) The girls were practicing. B) The girls was practicing. C) The girls are practicing. D) The girls practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girls were practicing. 3. The workmen ..... the car yesterday. A) Was repairing. B) Repairing. C) Were repairing. D) Repairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were repairing. 4. Chong Meng and Ira are ..... the bell now. A) Rings. B) Ring. C) Ringing. D) Rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ringing. 5. ..... when her father left the house this morning A) She is washing clothes. B) She was washing clothes. C) She washes clothes. D) She wash clothes. E) She will wash clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was washing clothes. 6. They ..... eating breakfast at eight o'clock yesterday. A) Is. B) Am. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 7. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form in the past continuous tense:They ..... a model aero plane this morning. A) Are making. B) Were making. C) Making. D) Was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were making. 8. Wendy ..... (eat) her lunch when her phone ..... (ring). A) Eating/ rang. B) Was eating/ rang. C) Ate/ was ringing. D) Ate/ rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was eating/ rang. 9. They ..... for over an hour before Saurabh arrived. A) Were talking. B) Have been talking. C) Had been talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been talking. 10. My mom ..... me while I ..... dinner. (telephone/eat) A) Was telephoning/ ate. B) Was telephoning/ was eating. C) Telephoned/ was eating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telephoned/ was eating. 11. Yesterday I ..... to the library, next I ..... a swim, later I ..... Julie for coffee. A) Went/ had/ met. B) Went/ was having/ was meeting. C) Was going/ had/ met. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went/ had/ met. 12. Which sentence is not in Past Continuous Tense? A) The ant is running. B) The vegetable store was getting cleaned up. C) The chef was preparing the salad. D) I was packing the papers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ant is running. 13. When I ..... up this morning, it was snowing. A) Wake. B) Wakes. C) Woke. D) Woken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woke. 14. What is the structure of a negative sentence in Past Continuous Tense? A) Was/were not + verb(-ing). B) Did not + verb. C) Was/were + verb-ed. D) Is/are not + verb(-ing). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was/were not + verb(-ing). 15. Miss Shirley ( was eating, were eating ) her dinner when there was a blackout. A) Was eating. B) Were eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating. 16. Which sentence is in the past continuous tense:'She plays soccer' or 'She was playing soccer'? A) She played soccer. B) She is playing soccer. C) She plays soccer every day. D) She was playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was playing soccer. 17. He ..... (miss) the train because he was talking with some friends A) Missed. B) Was missing. C) Were missing. D) Mist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missed. 18. Julie ..... (sleep) at three o' clock. A) Was being slept. B) Was sleeping. C) Sleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sleeping. 19. Most of the time we ..... in the park. A) Was sitting. B) Were sitting. C) Were sat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sitting. 20. He ..... (paint) a picture. A) Was paint. B) Was painting. C) Were paint. D) Were paint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was painting. 21. Complete the sentence:My friends and I ..... video games all afternoon yesterday. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Played. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 22. When I saw you in the store last night, you ..... your new hat. A) Don't wearing. B) Weren't wearing. C) Haven't been wearing. D) Didn't wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't wearing. 23. Which sentence correctly uses the basic form of the past continuous tense? A) They were play soccer. B) She was reading a comic book. C) He were listening to music. D) I was walk the dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was reading a comic book. 24. We were ..... around the park A) Climb. B) Doesn't run. C) Running. D) Is eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running. 25. Complete the sentence to show two actions happening at the same time:While I ..... my room, my sister ..... to her favorite songs. A) Cleaned, was listening. B) Was cleaning, was listening. C) Was cleaning, listened. D) Cleaned, listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cleaning, was listening. 26. We ..... Permission to ate fried banana with free cost yesterday A) Are asked. B) Are asking. C) Were asking. D) Was asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were asking. 27. Mr. Joko ..... home when the rain began A) Is walking. B) Was walking. C) Walks. D) Is going to walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was walking. 28. To set the scene for a spooky story, complete the sentence:The wind ..... and the rain ..... against the window. A) Was howling / was beating. B) Howled / beat. C) Howls / beats. D) Was howling / beat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was howling / was beating. 29. They ..... rice when he asked them a question A) Cook. B) Was cooking. C) Were cooking. D) Cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were cooking. 30. The cats ..... (sleep) when the rain ..... (start). A) Was sleeping/ started. B) Slept/ was starting. C) Sleeping/ starting. D) Were sleeping/ started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sleeping/ started. ← 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books