This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Below are the time signal for past continuous, except ..... A) 2 hours ago. B) Last week. C) Right now. D) Yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right now. 2. True or False:The sentence 'We was eating pizza for dinner' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Complete the sentence to describe a background scene for a story:The wind ..... through the trees as the hero approached the old house. A) Blew. B) Was blowing. C) Blows. D) Had blown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was blowing. 4. Complete the sentence:My friends ..... for the bus when it started to rain. A) Was waiting. B) Waited. C) Were waiting. D) Is waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 5. Which sentence best shows one action being interrupted by another? A) He read a book while the baby slept. B) She was cooking dinner when the power went out. C) They were talking and they were laughing. D) I was studying as my sister was practicing piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was cooking dinner when the power went out. 6. Adeela ..... while the other girls ..... A) Is dancing are dancing. B) Was dancing was singing. C) Was dancing were singing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was dancing were singing. 7. True or False:The sentence 'She was walking home when she was seeing a friend' correctly describes an interrupted action. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. The goldsmith was ..... the gold. Choose the correct answer. A) Melting. B) Melted. C) Melts. D) Melt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melting. 9. Mr. Budi doesn't has ..... books A) Any. B) Some. C) The. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any. 10. How do you say 'the spider (weave) his web' in past continuous? A) The spider was weaving his web. B) The spider were weaving his web. C) The spider is weaving his web. D) The spider weaves his web. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The spider was weaving his web. 11. I ..... (finish) my homework, ..... (listen) to some music, and then I ..... (go) to bed. A) Was finishing, listened, went. B) Finished, listened, went. C) Finished, listened, was going. D) Was finishing, was listening, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finished, listened, went. 12. Monika ..... correcting tests yesterday. A) Were. B) Weren't. C) Wasn't. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't. 13. Which sentence correctly uses the past continuous to express an annoying, repeated habit? A) My little sister was always taking my stuff without asking. B) My little sister always took my stuff without asking. C) My little sister was taking my stuff without asking. D) My little sister did take my stuff always without asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My little sister was always taking my stuff without asking. 14. Everyone ..... in the office when the boss came in. A) Is working. B) Are working. C) Was working. D) Were working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working. 15. People ..... (cheer) for the popular team as the competition started. A) Was cheering. B) Were cheering. C) Was being cheered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were cheering. 16. Complete the sentence:My brother ..... video games all afternoon yesterday. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Played. D) Is playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing. 17. I ..... for my Math exam last night. A) Am studying. B) Is studying. C) Was studying. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. 18. Kedua bentuk tenses simple past dan past continuous dalam sebuah kalimat sering digunakan bersama-sama dengan penanda "when" atau "while" . Arti kata when/while adalah ..... A) Lalu. B) Kemudian. C) Ketika. D) Sebelum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ketika. 19. We ..... watching television together A) Was. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 20. Your friend wrote this sentence:'They playing basketball at the gym.' How would you correct it to use the past continuous tense properly? A) They was playing basketball at the gym. B) They were playing basketball at the gym. C) They did play basketball at the gym. D) They are playing basketball at the gym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were playing basketball at the gym. 21. Complete the sentence:My phone ..... making a weird noise earlier. A) Were. B) Was. C) Is. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 22. ..... were playing tennis this morning A) My friend. B) My father. C) My teachers. D) My mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My teachers. 23. You ..... riding your bikes. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 24. ..... she ..... (walk) the dog yesterday? A) Was/walk. B) Were/walking. C) Was/walking. D) Were/walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was/walking. 25. Choose the-ing form of the following verbs:live; stay; run; lie; recycle A) Liveing; staing; runing;lieing; recycling. B) Living; staying; runing; lying; recycling. C) Living; staying; running; lying; recycleing. D) Living; staying; running; lying; recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living; staying; running; lying; recycling. 26. She ..... (cook) 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. 27. Complete the sentence to show an interrupted action:I ..... a shower when the fire alarm went off. A) Took. B) Was taking. C) Am taking. D) Were taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 28. The villagers ..... to town when the sky turned grey. A) Is walking. B) Are walking. C) Was walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were walking. 29. Ramu ..... when he suddenly saw a grass snake. A) Weeding. B) Is weeding. C) Were weeding. D) Was weeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was weeding. 30. I ..... to the shed and ..... out my bike. A) Was going/ taking. B) Went/ took. C) Went/ was taking. D) Went/ taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went/ took. ← 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