This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 38 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Kevin ..... (run) around the park on Tuesday. A) Was running. B) Were runing. C) Was runing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was running. 2. As Dan ..... into the bus, it suddenly started to move. A) Was getting. B) Were getting. C) Gets. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was getting. 3. While I ..... (wait) for the bus, she called me. A) Were waiting. B) Was waited. C) Was waitting. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was waiting. 4. She was ..... the movie while her mother was ..... for dinner yesterday. A) Watched, cooked. B) Watching, cook. C) Watch, cooking. D) Watching, cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watching, cooking. 5. It ..... (rain) when I got up this morning. A) Are raining. B) Am raining. C) Was raining. D) Were raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was raining. 6. True or False:You can use the past continuous with 'always' to show that something was annoying, like in the sentence:'He was always leaving his wet towel on the floor.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. My client and I slowly ..... back to the car last night A) Was walking. B) Were walking. C) Walk. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. 8. Right now I'm in class. I (sit) ..... at my desk. A) Sits. B) Sitting. C) Am sitting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am sitting. 9. The children ..... seeds last week. (sow) A) Is sowing. B) Were sow. C) Are sowing. D) Were sowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sowing. 10. Our pool pump ..... running properly after the storm. A) Had not been. B) Have not been. C) Has not been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not been. 11. He has ..... hats in his bedroom A) An. B) A. C) Any. D) Some. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some. 12. I ..... (not/listen) to him when he spoke in front of the class. A) Wasn't listen. B) Wasn't listening. C) Not listening. D) Not listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't listening. 13. George ..... a book when Fred suddenly ..... at the door. A) Read; knocked. B) Was reading; was knocking. C) Read; was knocking. D) Was reading; knocked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading; knocked. 14. He ..... wearing his black suit last night. A) Shouldn't. B) Doesn't. C) Hasn't. D) Wasn't. E) Isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't. 15. What ..... Chloe and Grace ..... when you broke the glass? A) Are / doing. B) Was / doing. C) Were / doing. D) Did / did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / doing. 16. ..... you visiting the patient at the hospital yesterday? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 17. True or False:The sentence 'She were reading a book' uses the past continuous tense correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. The children were wet because they (play) football in the rain. A) Had played. B) Had been playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 19. ..... Mr. Chaniago scoring our test last week? A) Are. B) Was. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 20. She ..... to school, ..... out her text book and ..... to learn. A) Gone/ took/ began. B) Was going/ took/ began. C) Went/ took/ began. D) Went/ took/ begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went/ took/ began. 21. Select the correct way to turn this statement into a Yes/No question:'They were building a sandcastle.' A) Did they were building a sandcastle?. B) Were they building a sandcastle?. C) They were building a sandcastle?. D) Was they building a sandcastle?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were they building a sandcastle?. 22. Everyone ..... in the office at 3 p.m. A) Is working. B) Are working. C) Was working. D) Were working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working. 23. Which sentence best uses the past continuous tense to set the scene for a story? A) A strong wind blew. B) The sun was setting, and a cool wind was blowing through the trees. C) The sun set and the wind blew. D) The sun has set. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun was setting, and a cool wind was blowing through the trees. 24. My mother ..... (prepare) dinner in the kitchen when I came home. A) Was preparing. B) Were preparing. C) Is preparing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was preparing. 25. Mr. Sukirman ..... teaching ..... students from the distance yesterday. A) Is-his. B) Was-his. C) Are-their. D) Were-their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was-his. 26. What isn't time expression of Past Continuous Tense? A) At this time yesterday. B) At 10 o'clock last night. C) At 6 pm this morning. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Today. 27. Why ..... Paul having lunch at 4 o'clock in the afternoon? A) Was. B) Does. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 28. Choose the correct answer.We ..... a test when the fire alarm ..... off. A) Were doing, went. B) Was doing, went. C) Did, went. D) Do, go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were doing, went. 29. Complete the conversation. A:'Why didn't you answer your phone?' B:'Sorry, I ..... a shower when you called.' A) Take. B) Took. C) Was taking. D) Were taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was taking. 30. The farmers were ..... paddy at the last rain season A) Planted. B) Plant. C) Planting. D) Plans. 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