This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form in the past continuous tense:I ..... a sandwich when the phone rang. A) Made. B) Making. C) Was making. D) Is making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was making. 2. Last night, the wind ..... so hard. A) Is blowing. B) Was blowing. C) Blow. D) Blows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was blowing. 3. I ..... TV at eight o'clock yesterday evening. A) Was watching. B) Am watching. C) Watch. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 4. ..... when I came? A) Were he sleeping. B) Was he sleeping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was he sleeping. 5. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The mechanic ..... (fix) the engine when the customer arrived. A) Were fixing. B) Was fixed. C) Was fixing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was fixing. 6. It is ten past nine A) 10.09. B) 9.15. C) 9.10. D) 9.30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9.10. 7. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence:'While I ..... to the radio, my brother was watching TV.' A) Was listening. B) Listened. C) Am listening. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was listening. 8. Aqilla ..... visiting Thailand 2 years ago. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 9. Jigar ..... a bike last evening. A) Is riding. B) Are riding. C) Was riding. D) Were riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was riding. 10. He was not ..... the television when you ..... to his house to borrow his car yesterday. A) Repaired, came. B) Repair, come. C) Repairing, come. D) Repairing, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repairing, came. 11. Which sentence best shows that the speaker was annoyed by a repeated past action? A) My little sister was always borrowing my clothes without asking. B) My little sister borrowed my clothes without asking. C) My little sister was borrowing my clothes without asking. D) My little sister always was borrowing my clothes without asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My little sister was always borrowing my clothes without asking. 12. We ..... (visit) the patient at the hospital. A) Was visit. B) Was visiting. C) Were visiting. D) Were visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were visiting. 13. My parents ..... (work) when I came home. A) Are working. B) Is working. C) Were working. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were working. 14. I saw Kate a few minutes ago. She ..... for you. A) Is looking. B) Looked. C) Was looking. D) Looks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was looking. 15. Choose the pair of verbs that best completes the sentence:While the musician ..... , the audience suddenly ..... to clap along. A) Was playing / was starting. B) Played / was starting. C) Was playing / started. D) Played / started. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing / started. 16. While the cow ..... grazing in the field, the wolves attacked. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 17. They ..... the new movie last night A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Was watched. D) Were watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 18. Choose the correct past continuous tense form:While I ..... , the doorbell rang. A) Was reading. B) Read. C) Am reading. D) Have read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 19. Complete the sentence with the best negative form:I looked for my friends at the park, but they ..... soccer. A) Weren't playing. B) Didn't playing. C) Not were playing. D) Wasn't playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't playing. 20. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct:'My friends eating pizza when I arrived.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Pemakaian "While" dan "when" dalam kalimat, mengindikasikan bahwa kalimat tersebut membicarakan kejadian yang ..... A) Sudah terjadi dimasa lampau. B) Fakta umum. C) Kebiasaan. D) Sedang terjadi di masa lampau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sedang terjadi di masa lampau. 22. ..... it ..... when you woke up this morning? A) Is raining. B) Was raining. C) Is rain. D) Were raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was raining. 23. Actions happening one after another in the past are expressed by: A) Past continious. B) Past simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past simple. 24. When you called, I ..... the newspaper. A) Had been reading. B) Was reading. C) Had read. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 25. True or False:The sentence 'I was wanting a new skateboard for my birthday' is grammatically correct for expressing a past desire. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. What ..... Peter and Helen ..... when you broke the glass? A) Are / doing. B) Was / doing. C) Were / doing. D) Did / did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / doing. 27. How did you learn to drive?My father ..... me. A) Taught. B) Teached. C) Had teached. D) Had taught. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taught. 28. When I ..... up this yesterday, the sun ..... A) Get/ shine. B) Got/ shone. C) Get/ is shining. D) Got/ was shining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got/ was shining. 29. I ( play) ..... football when my mother came back. A) Played. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Am playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 30. Which of the following is the correct past continuous form of 'walk'? A) They was walking. B) They were walking. C) They are walking. D) They walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were walking. ← 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