This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 47 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While I ..... TV, the lights ..... out. A) Watch go. B) Was watching went. C) Watched were going. D) Am watching go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching went. 2. I and my classmates were studying English yesterday afternoon.change into negative form (-) A) I wasn't and my classmates were studying English yesterday afternoon. B) I and my classmates wasn't studying English yesterdy afternoon. C) I and my classmates weren't studying English yesterday afternoon. D) I and my classmates not were studying English yesterday afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I and my classmates weren't studying English yesterday afternoon. 3. Identify the sentence that uses the past perfect tense. A) They were watching TV when the power went out. B) They had watched TV before the power went out. C) They watch TV every evening. D) They are watching TV now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had watched TV before the power went out. 4. The children ..... the game before buying it. A) Was testing. B) Tested. C) Was tested. D) Test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tested. 5. I ..... work when he stopped. A) Am starting. B) Was starting. C) Am started. D) Were started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was starting. 6. Choose the sentence in Past Continuous! A) I am not cooking the fish. B) Bonny is on her way. C) She wasn't listening to the teacher. D) Was he handsome?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wasn't listening to the teacher. 7. Were you ..... to me? A) Listen. B) Listening. C) Are listening. D) Were listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listening. 8. Mrs Yogeswaran ..... cleaning the house the whole morning. A) Do. B) Is. C) Has. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 9. When I ..... into the room, everyone ..... A) Walk., work. B) Walked, was working. C) Walk, working. D) Was walking, worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walked, was working. 10. What is the correct form of the verb in this sentence:'By the time we arrived, they ..... eating.' A) Had finished. B) Were finishing. C) Finish. D) Are finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 11. I ..... singing the new song in my bedroom last night. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 12. The teacher gave Robbie a zero because he ..... in the exam. A) Cheated. B) Had cheated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had cheated. 13. I ..... sleeping when you called. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 14. Tania ..... her favorite dish while her daughter was studying her English. A) Cooked. B) Is cooking. C) Was cooking. D) Cooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cooking. 15. I ..... the television when the earthquake happened. A) Was watched. B) Were watched. C) Were watching. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching. 16. They ..... (talked/were talking/was talking) when the teacher entered the class A) Talked. B) Were talking. C) Was talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were talking. 17. A:Were you and friends doing homework at 5 PM last Sunday.B Yes, ..... A) We, are. B) We, were. C) They, are. D) They, were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We, were. 18. The kid ..... to build a snowman. A) Was trying. B) Was destroying. C) Was crying. D) Was cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was trying. 19. What ..... you ..... last night when I phoned to you? A) Was having. B) Were sleeping. C) Was doing. D) Were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were doing. 20. Nobody ..... when the thief stole the laptop. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Was watched. D) Were watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 21. Complete the sentence:My students ..... the lesson last class. A) Was study. B) Were study. C) Was studying. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were studying. 22. In 2015, we ..... (live) in a small house in Mexico city. A) Was live. B) Were live. C) Was living. D) Were living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were living. 23. He ..... his homework when his father came home. A) Were doing. B) Did. C) Was doing. D) Did do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 24. The telephone ..... (ring) when they ..... (have) lunch. A) Was ringing / were having. B) Rang / had. C) Rang / were having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rang / were having. 25. The player ..... (score) the goal while the referee ..... (look) the other way A) Scored, was looking. B) Scoring, was looking. C) Was scoring, looked. D) Scored, were looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scored, was looking. 26. Read the sentence:'The birds were chirping and the sun was shining as we walked into the park.' What is the main job of the past continuous tense here? A) To show a completed action. B) To ask a question about the past. C) To describe the background setting. D) To give a command. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe the background setting. 27. ..... they ..... tennis when it started to rain? A) Do play. B) Did play. C) Were playing. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 28. I ..... a shower when the doorbell rang. A) Take. B) Took. C) Was taking. D) Am taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was taking. 29. I (sit) in a cafe when you (call) A) I was sitting in a cafe when you called. B) I sat in a cafe when you were calling. C) I was sitting in the cafe when you were calling. D) I sat in the cafe when you called. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was sitting in a cafe when you called. 30. When you ..... the door and saw the new TV, you felt surprised. A) Opened. B) Was opening. C) Were opening. D) Opening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opened. ← 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