This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Peter ..... a video game when his brother entered the room. A) Played. B) Plays. C) Were playing. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was playing. 2. What is the-ing form of 'decide'? A) Decideing. B) Decideeing. C) Deciding. D) Decided. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deciding. 3. All the students ..... studying at home while the covid-19 ..... spreading in our country. A) Are-is. B) Are-was. C) Were-is. D) Were-was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were-was. 4. He said that he ..... on the phone when the car ..... A) Talked/crashed. B) Was talking/crashed. C) Talked/was crashing. D) Was talking/was crashing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was talking/crashed. 5. What is the-ing form of 'put'? A) Puting. B) Putting. C) Put. D) Putted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Putting. 6. Her uncle ..... his sport shoes 2 ..... ago A) Was, watching, week. B) Were, washing, weeks. C) Was, washing, weeks. D) Was, washing, week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was, washing, weeks. 7. Complete the sentence:At 7:30 this morning, I ..... breakfast. A) Was eating. B) Ate. C) Eat. D) Am eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating. 8. ..... you ..... football at 2 PM yesterday? A) Were, playing. B) Was, playing. C) Are, playing. D) Do, playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, playing. 9. Mr. Samuel was ..... dinner at 7 o'clock yesterday evening. A) Had. B) Have. C) Having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having. 10. He ..... taking a bath when you knocked on the door. A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 11. At 6.20 a.m. yesterday, my father ..... driving me to school. A) Was. B) Am. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 12. While the dog ..... , a car ran over it . A) Was walking. B) Walked. C) Walk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 13. While I ..... the washing-up, I ..... the plate A) Was doing/ broke. B) Am doing/ break. C) Did/ broke. D) Was doing/ break. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing/ broke. 14. While she was watching a movie, the lights ..... A) Go out. B) Went out. C) Goes out. D) Was going out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went out. 15. What ..... you doing yesterday afternoon?I told you! I ..... watching TV A) Were-were. B) Was-was. C) Were-was. D) Was-were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were-was. 16. She was learning English when He ..... back home A) Comes. B) Came. C) Was coming. D) Is coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 17. What is the past continuous form of 'sleep' when the lights went out? A) I sleeps. B) I were sleeping. C) I am sleeping. D) I was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was sleeping. 18. She ..... when I entered the kitchen. A) Is cooking. B) Was cooking. C) Cooked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 19. First I ..... (have) breakfast and then I ..... (take) a shower. A) Was having / was taking. B) Had / was taking. C) Had / took. D) Was having / took. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had / took. 20. Choose the best way to combine these two ideas:(1) I was walking home. (2) It began to snow. A) I walked home and it was beginning to snow. B) While I was walking home, it began to snow. C) I was walking home and it was beginning to snow. D) I walked home when it was beginning to snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While I was walking home, it began to snow. 21. Ahmad, Abu and Ali ..... (wait) for the school bus at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. A) Are waiting. B) Was waiting. C) Were waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 22. Someone left this package on his table while he ..... lunch in the canteen. A) Had. B) Is having. C) Was having. D) Would have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was having. 23. True or False:The word 'while' is often used to show two long actions happening at the same time, as in 'While I was studying, my brother was playing video games.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. I ..... in my room while you ..... at the top of your voice. A) Was studying screamed. B) Studied were screaming. C) Studied screamed. D) Was studying were screaming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was studying were screaming. 25. Which of these is a correct yes/no question in the past continuous tense? A) You were playing outside?. B) Did you were playing outside?. C) Were you playing outside?. D) Do you was playing outside?. 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