This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 33 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... TV at 2 pm yesterday. A) Am not watching. B) Weren't watching. C) Wasn't watching. D) Didn't watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't watching. 2. My friend ..... me while I ..... the homework A) Was phoning / was doing. B) Phoned / was doing. C) Phoned / did. D) Were phoning / were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phoned / was doing. 3. Q:What are you doing?A: ..... brushing Chelssa's hair. A) You are. B) You am. C) I am. D) I are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I am. 4. Angela and I ..... along the corridor now. A) Are walking. B) Am walking. C) Is walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are walking. 5. Complete the sentence:I ..... a shower when my mom called me. A) Was taking. B) Were taking. C) Was take. D) Were take. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 6. What was she ..... while her mother ..... lunch? A) Doing/ was making. B) Doing/ made. C) Did/ was making. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doing/ was making. 7. Identify the correct way to form a yes/no question in the past continuous. A) You were listening to the music?. B) Did you were listening to the music?. C) Were you listening to the music?. D) You was listening to the music?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you listening to the music?. 8. I ..... dinner at 6 pm yesterday evening. A) Had. B) Was having. C) Were having. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having. 9. Our teacher ..... in the middle of the room right now. A) Stands. B) Is standing. C) Stood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is standing. 10. Which option correctly turns this sentence into a negative statement:'He was listening to the music.' A) He not was listening to the music. B) He didn't listening to the music. C) He was no listening to the music. D) He wasn't listening to the music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wasn't listening to the music. 11. What is the function of the past continuous tense in the sentence:'He was studying when the phone rang'? A) To describe an ongoing action interrupted by another action. B) To describe a future plan. C) To describe a habitual action. D) To describe a completed action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To describe an ongoing action interrupted by another action. 12. I ..... (walk) home when I met Dave. A) Am walking. B) Walking. C) Was walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was walking. 13. What is the past continuous form of 'to run'? A) Running. B) Was running / were running. C) Was run. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was running / were running. 14. Complete the sentence:Yesterday, at six my mother ..... dinner. A) Was making. B) Is making. C) Has made. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was making. 15. Justin and Jesse ( am stacking, are stacking ) the books neatly. A) Am stacking. B) Are stacking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are stacking. 16. The thief ..... (jump) out of the house, ..... (see) a police and ..... (run) away. A) Jumped, saw, ran. B) Was jumping, seeing, ran. C) Was jumping, seeing, running. D) Jumped, saw and was running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jumped, saw, ran. 17. ..... at 3.00 yesterday afternoon? A) Was you sleeping. B) Were you sleeping. C) Did you sleep. D) Do you sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you sleeping. 18. At five o'clock this morning she ..... (do) her homework A) Were doing. B) Did. C) Was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 19. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The cat ..... (scratch) the furniture when I caught it. A) Scratched. B) Was scratching. C) Was scratch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was scratching. 20. Was he ..... (speak) German? A) Speaked. B) Speaking. C) Speak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaking. 21. Past Continuous Tense is ..... A) Aktifitas yang sedang berlangsung. B) Aktifitas yang sudah berlalu. C) Aktifitas yang sedang berlalu. D) Aktifitas yang sedang terjadi di masa lampau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aktifitas yang sedang terjadi di masa lampau. 22. My friends weren't listening to the teacher when she explained the lesson.The sentence above belongs to ..... A) Imperative sentence. B) Positive sentence. C) Negative sentence. D) Interrogative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative sentence. 23. I ..... (watch) the match on TV when the phone ..... (ring). A) Was watching, rang. B) Were watching, rang. C) Watched, was ringing. D) Watched, were ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching, rang. 24. While Reno ..... , his sister called. A) Game playing. B) Playing game. C) Was playing game. D) Was play game. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing game. 25. 1] I ..... homework at 10 p.m. yesterday. A) Was do. B) Was doing. C) Was done. D) Were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 26. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The baby ..... (giggle) while playing with the puppy. A) Were giggling. B) Was giggled. C) Was giggling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was giggling. 27. Joe and Lanna (read) ..... books at 8 p.m yesterday. A) Read. B) Reads. C) Was reading. D) Were reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were reading. 28. When the telephone ..... , I was taking a bath. A) Were ringing. B) Is ringing. C) Rings. D) Rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rang. 29. Joseph ..... (ride) a camel for the whole morning yesterday. A) Were riding. B) Are riding. C) Was riding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was riding. 30. Sasi ..... eating a bowl when her sister called her. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. ← 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