This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As we ..... into the bank, I saw a wallet on the floor. A) Are walking. B) Were walking. C) Were walked. D) Was waling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were walking. 2. It ..... and cloudy when we left Ireland. A) Was rain. B) Was raining. C) Is raining. D) Raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was raining. 3. The dog ..... barking madly. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 4. Your friend wrote:'The players was running onto the field when the crowd cheered.' How would you best correct the grammar? A) Change 'was running' to 'were running'. B) Change 'cheered' to 'was cheering'. C) Change 'was running' to 'ran'. D) The sentence is already correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change 'was running' to 'were running'. 5. Your friend asks, 'Were you and Sarah watching that new show?' Choose the correct short answer if you both were. A) Yes, we were. B) Yes, we was. C) Yes, we did. D) Yes, I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, we were. 6. Akma ..... studying English about past continuous tense last meeting. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 7. Questions number 8-10Arrange the word into the right order.while / was / doing / He / cooking / her mom / math homework / was / dinner / his A) He was cooking dinner while her mom was doing his math homework. B) He was doing dinner while her mom was cooking his math homework. C) He was doing his math homework while his mom was cooking dinner. D) While hid mom was cooking dinner, he doing homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was doing his math homework while his mom was cooking dinner. 8. Lindsay and her three friends ..... hide and seek when the gardener finished his task. A) Played. B) Is playing. C) Were playing. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 9. While I ..... reading a book, the postman came. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 10. My mother and siblings (is baking, are baking) some chocolate cupcakes now. A) Is baking. B) Are baking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are baking. 11. She was reading a book when I ..... A) Getting home. B) Got home. C) Was got home. D) Were gotting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got home. 12. Her friends ..... coming to my party last night. A) Was. B) Is. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 13. After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud suddenly appeared and it started to rain. A) Appeared/ started. B) Was appearing/ was started. C) Appearing/ starting. D) Appeared/ was starting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeared/ started. 14. She ..... (not) looking for the book which she lost A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 15. What is the past continuous tense used for? A) To describe habits. B) To talk about actions in progress in the past. C) To express general truths. D) To talk about future actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To talk about actions in progress in the past. 16. Choose the sentence that correctly shows a longer, ongoing action being interrupted by a shorter one. A) I listened to music when my mom was calling me. B) I was listening to music when my mom called me. C) I was listening to music while my mom was calling me. D) I listened to music when my mom called me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was listening to music when my mom called me. 17. She ..... the magazine when I came. A) Were reading. B) Was read. C) Was reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 18. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$We ..... (wait) for the bus when it started to rain. A) Waited. B) Was waiting. C) Were waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 19. Fill in the blank:They ..... to the music when I entered the room. A) Were dancing. B) Were singing. C) Were talking. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were dancing. 20. My mother was ..... , when I came A) Cooking. B) Cooked. C) Cooks. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooking. 21. The girls ..... in the park at five o'clock last Sunday. A) Was cycling. B) Were cycling. C) Cycled. D) Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were cycling. 22. ..... were sleeping under the tree. A) A cow. B) An elephant. C) Three cats. D) The man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three cats. 23. A lot of fans ..... around the superstar when I took his photograph. A) Were standing. B) Are standing. C) Stood. D) Stand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were standing. 24. I ..... walking to school now. A) Is. B) Are. C) Am. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am. 25. ..... they swimming when the phone rang? A) Were. B) Are. C) Do. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. ← 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