This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 34 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:The sentence 'My friends waiting for me at the mall' is a complete and correct sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. They ..... (play) tennis at 11 a.m yesterday. A) Was playing. B) Are playing. C) Is playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 3. Adela ..... while the other girls ..... . A) Is dancing / are dancing. B) Was dancing / was singing. C) Was dancing / were singing. D) Were dancing / were singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was dancing / were singing. 4. Rina:Wow ..... That was, like, fast. They ..... any materials when they arrived for the first time, right? A) Were not preparing. B) Was not preparing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were not preparing. 5. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The dog ..... (dig) a hole when its owner called it. A) Was dugging. B) Was dug. C) Was digging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was digging. 6. At eight a o'clock last night, I ..... a novel. A) Am reading. B) Were reading. C) Was reading. D) Did reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 7. When she ..... (cook) dinner yesterday evening, she accidently cut her hand. A) Cooked. B) Were cooking. C) Cooks. D) Was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking. 8. She was ..... a beuatiful scenery A) Paint. B) Painting. C) Paints. D) Painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painting. 9. Farah ..... cooking with her mother yesterday A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 10. My friend Sandy and I ..... (chat) outside the school when the firemen arrived. A) Were chatting. B) Was chating. C) Were chat. D) Chatting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were chatting. 11. While Tom ..... the piano, his mother ..... the washing-up. A) Was playing/ was doing. B) Is playing/ is doing. C) Played/ did. D) Was playing/ did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was playing/ did. 12. What did you say? I ..... to you. A) Am not listening. B) Wasn't listening. C) Didn't listening. D) Don't listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't listening. 13. They ..... (not play) tennis at 11 am. yesterday. A) Were not playing. B) Was not playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were not playing. 14. Complete the sentence:At 7 PM last night, I ..... my homework. A) Do. B) Was doing. C) Were doing. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 15. Ilyas and his brother ..... drinking chocolate milk when his cousin slept. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 16. My best friend ..... (not/call) me yesterday A) Not calling. B) Was not calling. C) Were not calling. D) Didn't calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was not calling. 17. What / your / dog / eat (Past Continuous) A) What your dog did eat?. B) What your dog was eating?. C) What was your dog eating?. D) What did your dog eat?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What was your dog eating?. 18. I was listening to the radio when Adam ..... A) Phoned. B) Phone. C) Phones. D) Was phoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phoned. 19. What is the correct past continuous form of 'play' for Raju? A) Raju is playing. B) Raju was playing. C) Raju plays. D) Raju were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raju was playing. 20. Complete the sentence to form a negative statement:I missed the call because my phone ..... working properly. A) Isn't. B) Weren't. C) Didn't. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't. 21. The verb in Past Continuous Tense describes actions taking place ..... A) In the future. B) N the present. C) In the past. D) None of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the past. 22. Father ..... TV when he ..... the news. A) Was watching; heard. B) Watched; was hearing. C) Watched; heard. D) Were watching; heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching; heard. 23. Mike:Hi Clara, what were you doing last night?Clara:I ..... music A) Was listening. B) Listened. C) Am listening. D) Am listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was listening. 24. What is the-ing form of 'help'? A) Helping. B) Helpping. C) Helling. D) Helped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helping. 25. Were you ..... when I called you last night? A) Were slept. B) Slept. C) Sleep. D) Sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleeping. 26. Miss Lam ..... (cut) her finger when she ..... (peel) the apple. A) Cutted, was peeling. B) Was cutting, peeled. C) Cut, was peeling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut, was peeling. 27. We use Past continuous tense A) For an action is happening in the present. B) For an action that has already happened in the past. C) For the action that will happen in the future. D) To talk about actions in progress around a particular time in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To talk about actions in progress around a particular time in the past. 28. Which of these shows the correct way to build the past continuous tense? A) Verb +-ed. B) Was/were + verb. C) Was/were + verb-ing. D) Will + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was/were + verb-ing. 29. Henry ..... when I went to his house yesterday. A) Was bathing. B) Were bathing. C) Bathed. D) Bathes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was bathing. 30. I ..... when I heard a loud knock on the door. A) Is sleeping. B) Am sleeping. C) Was sleeping. D) Were sleeping. 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