This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Change this sentence to past continuous:'I eat breakfast at 8 AM.' A) I was eating breakfast at 8 AM. B) I eat breakfast at 8 AM. C) I am eating breakfast at 8 AM. D) I was eating breakfast at 9 AM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was eating breakfast at 8 AM. 2. True or False:The sentence 'The dog were barking loudly at the mailman' uses correct grammar. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. The waitress ..... us about the time yesterday. A) Asks. B) Ask. C) Asked. D) Were asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asked. 4. They ..... (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock A) Wasn't doing. B) Weren't doing. C) Wasn't do. D) Were'nt doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't doing. 5. As they ..... down the road, they found a wallet. A) Was walking. B) Were walking. C) Walked. D) Is walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were walking. 6. It is quarter past five A) 5.15. B) 5.45. C) 5.00. D) 17.00. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5.15. 7. He ..... Mathematics with me A) Was studying. B) Were studying. C) Is studying. D) Are studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying. 8. At 7.30 pm yesterday, the dentists ..... the patients. A) Treated. B) Is treating. C) Was treating. D) Were treating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were treating. 9. Last night we ..... for an important test. A) Were studying. B) Were studied. C) Was studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were studying. 10. What ..... when the teacher came? A) Were you doing. B) Was you doing. C) Are you doing. D) Are you doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you doing. 11. My friends weren't listening to the teacher when she explained the material.The sentence above belongs to ..... A) Interrogative sentence. B) Declarative sentence. C) Negative sentence. D) Imperative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative sentence. 12. The man ..... his letter in the post office at that time. A) Is sending. B) Was sending. C) Sending. D) Was senting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sending. 13. We ..... eating lunch in the cafeteria at noon. A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't. 14. Were ..... sitting in the classroom last thursday? A) Dina. B) He. C) I. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We. 15. At 8.30am today, I ..... (drive) to work. A) Was driving. B) Had driven. C) Were drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 16. Tina ..... (dance) when she ..... (fall) and ..... (hurt) her leg. A) Dance / fell / hurt. B) Was dancing / fell / hurted. C) Was dancing / fell / hurt. D) Danced / fell / hurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was dancing / fell / hurt. 17. Were your brothers swimming last week? A) Yes, he was. B) Yes, they were. C) No, They were. D) No, he wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, they were. 18. I am ..... the dishes A) Washing. B) Cooking. C) Reading. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washing. 19. I ..... (read) my favourite book when you called. A) Am reading. B) Was reading. C) Read. D) Was read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 20. As Mrs Han ..... out of the shop, she saw Puan Siti. A) Was coming. B) Were coming. C) Came. D) Comes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was coming. 21. He was driving very fast ..... the police stopped him. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 22. Yesterday, at six my mother ..... dinner. A) Was making. B) Were making. C) Is making. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was making. 23. The boy ..... (eat) an ice cream when the bear ..... (steal) it. A) Ate/ was stealing. B) Is eating/ stole. C) Eats/ steals. D) Was eating/ stole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was eating/ stole. 24. My dog ..... all his food. A) Was vomit. B) Was vomiting. C) Were vomiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was vomiting. 25. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$When I entered the room, she ..... (write) an email. A) Were writing. B) Was wrote. C) Was writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was writing. Next →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast 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 8Past Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books