This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 42 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He ..... in the garden with his cousins, yesterday. A) Were working. B) Was working. C) Working. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working. 2. Whlie Jane ..... her story book, Jackie was writing her novel. A) Are reading. B) Is reading. C) Read. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 3. The students ..... very loudly when the teacher came. A) Are talk. B) Are talking. C) Was talk. D) Were talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were talking. 4. True or False:The sentence 'You and I was studying together at the library' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Yesterday, I ..... dinner with my old friends. A) Had. B) Had had. C) Was having. D) Had been having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was having. 6. Identify the correct verb form for the past continuous tense in the sentence:'They ..... (play) football at 5 o'clock yesterday.' A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Played. D) Were play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 7. I ..... a shower when you ..... A) Is taking / called. B) Was taking / called. C) Took / were calling. D) Was taking / was calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking / called. 8. Select the sentence that uses the past continuous tense correctly. A) She were reading a book. B) He was read a book. C) They was reading a book. D) She was reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was reading a book. 9. My sister was watering flower ..... you came. A) When. B) While. C) But. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 10. When she came home, I ..... a book. A) Was read. B) Am reading. C) Is reading. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 11. Benny ..... about a year ago. A) Quit. B) Quitted. C) Quiting. D) Quited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quit. 12. I ..... a lot of interesting people when I lived in London. A) Was knowing. B) Knew. C) Were knowing. D) Knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knew. 13. I ..... a novel at 8.00 p.m, last night. A) Am reading. B) Were reading. C) Was reading. D) Did reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 14. Fill in the blank:I ..... TV when my mom came home. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 15. Were you ..... dinner when I called you? A) Eat. B) Eaten. C) Ate. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating. 16. My mother was watching TV in the living room when I ..... home last night A) Arrive. B) Was arrived. C) Arrived. D) Arrives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived. 17. They ..... (not/clean) the house when he came home A) Did not clean. B) Were not cleaning. C) Are not cleaning. D) Was not cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were not cleaning. 18. Past Continuous Tense A) Describe an action that began in the past and ended in the past. B) Used to describe an action that began in the past but continues up till the point of speaking about it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describe an action that began in the past and ended in the past. 19. The captain ..... any goals when the referee sent him off. A) Didn't score. B) Hadn't scored. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't scored. 20. They ..... (not/ do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock A) Wasn't doing. B) Were not doing. C) Didn't doing. D) Were not do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were not doing. 21. They didn't win the match although they ..... every morning. A) Were training. B) Had trained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had trained. 22. It (snow) heavily when he (wake) up. A) Was snowing/ woke. B) Snowed/ woke. C) Snowed/ woked. D) Snowed/ was waking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was snowing/ woke. 23. David Beckham ..... with his friends just now. A) Is walking. B) Are walking. C) Was walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was walking. 24. She ..... ( watch ) tv when I arrived A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Is watching. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 25. While we ..... (listened/listens/were listening) to music, someone knocked on the door A) Listened. B) Were listening. C) Listens. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were listening. 26. Belinda ..... her house when we came home. A) Were tidying. B) Tidied. C) Was tidying. D) Tidies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was tidying. 27. What ..... your classmates doing at 5 o'clock last Sunday? A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 28. The gnomes ..... sitting on the toadstools when Rosemary passed by. A) Was sitting. B) Were sitting. C) Is sitting. D) Are sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sitting. 29. Choose the Grammar structure of past continuous tense ..... A) Subject + was/were + Ving + Object. B) Subject + V2 + object. C) Subject + have/has + been + Ving + object. D) Subject + V1/es + Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject + was/were + Ving + Object. 30. Maria ..... when I arrived at her home. A) Slept. B) Was sleeping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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