This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 45 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Analyze this sentence:'I was finishing my project ..... my computer suddenly crashed.' Which word best connects the two clauses and why? A) When, because it introduces a short, interrupting action. B) While, because both actions were long. C) When, because it shows two actions happening at the same time. D) While, because it introduces the main action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When, because it introduces a short, interrupting action. 2. The doctor was ..... the medicine to the patient yesterday morning. A) Give. B) Gave. C) Giving. D) Gives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving. 3. He ..... to Chile during the coming vacation. A) Are travelling. B) Am travelling. C) Is travelling. D) Was travelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is travelling. 4. I ..... when my sister called me last night. A) Teaching. B) Teach. C) Taught. D) Was teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was teaching. 5. Choose the correct sentence that shows an action completed before another past action. A) They were playing soccer when it started to rain. B) They had played soccer before it started to rain. C) They play soccer every weekend. D) They are playing soccer now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had played soccer before it started to rain. 6. ..... Kelly ..... to your house last night? A) Was, coming. B) Is, coming. C) Were, coming. D) Am, coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, coming. 7. They ..... a lot of calories in that marathon. A) Burnt. B) Burns. C) Burning. D) Born. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burnt. 8. I started writing the essay last two weeks and by Friday last week, I ..... it. A) Did. B) Had done. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done. 9. Daniel ..... playing badminton when I visited him. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 10. The baby was ..... while the mother was ..... a video. A) Laugh, record. B) Laughing, recording. C) Laughed, recorded. D) Laughing, recorded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laughing, recording. 11. I (a) walking home at 6 o'clock last night. A) A. was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. was. 12. The cat ..... (chase) the bird across the garden when it ..... (fall) off the wall. A) Is chasing, falling. B) Was chasing, fell. C) Was chasing, fall. D) Were chasing, fallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was chasing, fell. 13. Turn the Present Continous sentence into a Past Continuous sentence:"He is singing" A) His was singing. B) He was singing. C) He are singing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was singing. 14. Ann ..... cleaning her room A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 15. When you (arrive) at the party, who (be) there? A) When you were arriving at the party, who was there?. B) When you arrived at the party, who was being there?. C) When you were arriving at the party, who was being there?. D) When you arrived at the party, who was there?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When you arrived at the party, who was there?. 16. Turn the Past Continous sentence into a Past Continuous Interrogative sentence:"Steve was going to the conference" A) Was Steve going to the conference?. B) Was Susan going to the concert?. C) Were Steve going to the concert?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was Steve going to the conference?. 17. Joanne ..... her baby and reading at the same time. A) Fed. B) Was feeding. C) Is fed. D) Feeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was feeding. 18. ..... you ..... the movie when I called you? A) Are, watching. B) Was, watching. C) Were, watching. D) Is, watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were, watching. 19. When I visited London last year, I ..... to Big Ben and watched some festivals. A) Went. B) Had gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 20. They ..... always ..... late for classes. A) Am, came. B) Was, came. C) Is, coming. D) Are, coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are, coming. 21. Turn the Past Continous sentence into a Past Continuous Interrogative sentence:"She was doing her homework" A) Was she doing his homework?. B) Were she doing her homework?. C) Was she doing her homework?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was she doing her homework?. 22. My father came in as my mother ..... A) Cooks. B) Cooking. C) Is cooking. D) Was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking. 23. Yesterday at the picnic, I ..... some mango juice when Maggie bumped into me! A) Drink. B) Drank. C) Was drinking. D) Am drinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was drinking. 24. I ..... my car for a whole day. A) Drives. B) Was driving. C) Drive. D) Have driven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving. 25. Choose the correct sentences:A:Ramadani and Nutrianah were not going to school.B:Ramadani and Nutrianah was not going to school.C:Ramadani and Nutrianah were not gone to school.D:Ramadani and Nutrianah was going to school. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 26. My brother fell asleep while he ..... A) Was drive. B) Were drove. C) Was driving. D) Were driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was driving. 27. We (play) tennis when John (hurt) his ankle. A) We were playing tennis when John hurt his ankle. B) We played tennis when John were hurting his ankle. C) We were playing tennis when John were hurting his ankle. D) We played tennis when John hurt his ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We were playing tennis when John hurt his ankle. 28. The artists ..... clay pots. They ..... statues. A) Weren't making, were carving. B) Were baking, weren't cooking. C) Were standing, weren't molding. D) Weren't drawing, weren't playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't making, were carving. 29. Was Paul running fast when he fell and hurt his knee? A) No, he didn't . B) No, he was. C) No, he wasn't. D) No, he weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, he wasn't. 30. *Pilihlah mana yang benar dari kalimat berikut:The students ( were playing / played) basketball when the teacher saw them. A) Were playing. B) Played. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. ← 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