This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 28 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She ..... the clothes. A) Is washing. B) Was washing. C) Were washing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was washing. 2. I was ..... when my mother ..... me yesterday. A) Teaching, called. B) Teach, call. C) Taught, calling. D) Teaching, calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teaching, called. 3. Susan ..... (play) the piano when someone knocked on the door. A) Was playing. B) Is playing. C) Play. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing. 4. What is the past continuous form of 'wait' for Suma? A) Suma was waiting. B) Suma were waiting. C) Suma is waiting. D) Suma waits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suma was waiting. 5. I was studying while He ..... (make) dinner A) Are made. B) Is making. C) Were makeing. D) Was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was making. 6. When Jane ..... a language course in Ireland, she ..... Blarney castle. A) Was doing/ visited. B) Did/ visited. C) Did/ visiting. D) Was doing/ visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing/ visited. 7. The children ..... (play) badminton at 6 p.m. yesterday evening. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Are playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 8. I ..... (read) a book while my mother ..... (cook) dinner. A) Read / cook. B) Was reading / cooked. C) Was reading / was cooking. D) Read / was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading / was cooking. 9. She missed the bus because she ..... (argue) with one of her friends. A) Were arguing. B) Was arguing. C) Argued. D) Arguered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was arguing. 10. Which sentence is the correct negative form of 'She was watching TV'? A) She didn't watching TV. B) She not was watching TV. C) She wasn't watching TV. D) She were not watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wasn't watching TV. 11. The gunshot rang out while he ..... away. A) Was runing. B) Were running. C) Runing. D) Was running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was running. 12. 7] Where ..... Jack ..... when I ..... him? A) Did / study / was calling. B) Was studying / was calling. C) Did / study / called. D) Was / studying / called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was / studying / called. 13. What is simple past tense? A) An action is happening right now, or when it happens regularly. B) Actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and were still going on when another event occurred. C) Things that happened or completed action in the past. D) Unfinished action or event that will be in progress at a given point in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Things that happened or completed action in the past. 14. Choose the correct answer.When I ..... at the bungalow, the gardener ..... grass. A) Arrived, cut. B) Arriving, cutting. C) Arrived, was cutting. D) Was arriving, was cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived, was cutting. 15. Mrs Adam was ..... dinner at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. A) Hasing. B) Have. C) Having. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having. 16. When bunda Anggi met bunda Cindy, she was ..... a bike A) Ride. B) Rides. C) Drive. D) Riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Riding. 17. Complete the sentence to show an action was in progress at a specific past time:At 8 p.m. last night, my dad ..... dinner. A) Cooks. B) Cooked. C) Was cooking. D) Is cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cooking. 18. He was ..... (watch) his favorite television program A) Watch. B) Watching. C) Watched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watching. 19. When it ..... to rain, our dog ..... to come inside. A) Was started/ went. B) Was strating/ went. C) Started/ was going. D) Starts/ goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started/ was going. 20. I was doing my homework when the stone ..... the window. A) Hit. B) Was hitting. C) Hitted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hit. 21. It is five to seven, artinya ..... A) Sekarang pukul 7 kurang 5 menit. B) Sekarang pukul 5 lewat 7 menit. C) Sekarang pukul 7 lewat 5 menit. D) Sekarang pukul 5 kurang 7 menit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sekarang pukul 7 lewat 5 menit. 22. What was your Mom doing yesterday? A) She were cooking. B) She were cook. C) She was cooking. D) She were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was cooking. 23. Complete the sentence:Yesterday at the picnic, I ..... (drink) some mango juice when Maggie bumped into me! A) Was drinking. B) Drank. C) Am drinking. D) Will drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was drinking. 24. The telephone was ringing while he ..... an email. A) Type. B) Is typing. C) Was typing. D) Has typing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was typing. 25. When we ..... A) Watched TV. Dad was arriving home. B) Were watching TV. Dad arrived home. C) Were watching Tv. Dad was arriving home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watched TV. Dad was arriving home. 26. Where ..... these beautiful shoes? A) Did you bought. B) Were you buying. C) Did you buy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you buy. 27. I ..... (drop) my mobile when I ..... (text)my friend. A) Was dropping, texted. B) Droped, texted. C) Droped, was texting. D) Droped, were texting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Droped, was texting. 28. Wiliam and Peter ..... (listen) to music when I came yesterday A) Were listening. B) Listening. C) Are listening. D) Listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were listening. 29. Yesterday we ..... basketball. A) Plays. B) Is playing. C) Are playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 30. Caleb ..... for three hours before we met. A) Has waited. B) Has been waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Was waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. ← 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