This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 49 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... at the blackboard at that moment. A) Was looking. B) Look. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was looking. 2. When we came in, the children ..... their desks. A) Were cleaning. B) Cleaned. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were cleaning. 3. I ..... to the station when I ..... John. A) Walked / met. B) Was walking / was meeting. C) Were walking / met. D) Was walking / met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was walking / met. 4. While Kate ..... (drink) some milk, she ..... (drop) the glass. A) Drank, was dropping. B) Was drinking, dropped. C) Drank, were dropping. D) Were drinking, dropped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was drinking, dropped. 5. ..... it ..... when you left the house? A) Does rain. B) Did rain. C) Was raining. D) Is raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was raining. 6. Lucy ..... on the beach at six o'clock yesterday. A) Sat. B) Were sitting. C) Was sitting. D) Sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sitting. 7. What ..... yesterday? A) Are you doing. B) Is you doing. C) Were you doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you doing. 8. It ..... (start) to rain when we ..... (sit) on the bench. A) Started / sit. B) Was starting / sat. C) Started / were sitting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started / were sitting. 9. It was by sheer accident that I ..... into him. A) Bumping. B) Bump. C) Were bumping. D) Bumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bumped. 10. What time ..... (she/leave) A) Did she leave. B) Was she leaving. C) She is leaving. D) She left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was she leaving. 11. The students ..... taking notes while the teacher ..... talking. A) Were, was. B) Was, was. C) Was, were. D) Were, were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, was. 12. What were they doing when the phone rang? A) They are studying. B) They were studying. C) They studied. D) They study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were studying. 13. Why ..... you listening when the manager told you what to do? A) Was. B) Wasn't. C) Weren't. D) Aren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't. 14. At 9 o'clock the pupils ..... an English test. A) Were having. B) Have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were having. 15. ..... Miss Anna ..... some applicants yesterday at 9 AM? A) Has, interviewed. B) Were, being interviewed. C) Was, interviewing. D) Is, interviewing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was, interviewing. 16. The baby ..... when she ..... the scream A) Was not crying / was hearing. B) Did not cry / heard. C) Was not crying / heard. D) Did not crying / heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was not crying / heard. 17. Ramli ..... a clerk two years ago. A) Is. B) Was. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 18. True or False:To correct the sentence 'They talking during the entire movie, ' you just need to add the word 'were' before 'playing.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. A policeman caught a robber who ..... trying to get into our house yesterday night. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 20. My friends ..... a good time at the gathering, yesterday night. A) Was having. B) Were having. C) Was have. D) Were have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were having. 21. Sara ..... at college when she had a baby. A) Is study. B) Is studying. C) Was studying. D) Was study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. 22. The children ..... out side A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 23. ..... you still ..... at 9 pm last night? A) Were-studying. B) Are-studying. C) Do-study. D) Is-studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were-studying. 24. Zenzen:Were you laughing at me when i talked to Mr. Dann?Anna: ..... what will Anna say if her answer is NO? A) No, I don't laugh. B) No, I didn't laugh. C) No, I was not Laughing at you. D) No, I wont laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, I was not Laughing at you. 25. What was he doing at the studio at 3 o'clock this afternoon? A) He is drawing a picture. B) He was drawing a picture. C) He drew a picture. D) He draws a picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was drawing a picture. 26. The mice ..... (eat) some cheese when the owner of the house ..... (come) home yesterday. A) Was eating, come. B) Were eating, come. C) Were eating, came. D) Was eating, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were eating, came. 27. You ..... on the paper. You ..... a letter. A) Weren't drawing, were writing. B) Were drinking, weren't stamping. C) Weren't folding, were painting. D) Were writing, were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't drawing, were writing. 28. The boy ..... playing while his mother ..... cooking. A) Was, were. B) Were, were. C) Was, was. D) Were, was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was, was. 29. Present Continuous Tense digunakan untuk ..... A) Menyatakan kejadian atau kegiatan yang terjadi secara berulang-ulang atau menjadi rutinitas. B) Menyatakan kejadian atau kegiatan yang terjadi pada masa lampau. C) Menyatakan kejadian atau kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung/ terjadi pada masa lampau. D) Menyatakan kejadian atau kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung/ terjadi pada masa sekarang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Menyatakan kejadian atau kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung/ terjadi pada masa sekarang. 30. When they ..... the floor, I ..... on the sofa. A) Is mopping, am relaxing. B) Were mopping, was relaxing. C) Were mopping, am relaxed. D) Were mopped, was relaxed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were mopping, was relaxing. ← 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