This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the best sentence to describe two actions happening at the same time in the past. A) While my mom was cooking dinner, my dad set the table. B) My mom cooked dinner when my dad was setting the table. C) While my mom was cooking dinner, my dad was setting the table. D) My mom cooked dinner, and then my dad was setting the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While my mom was cooking dinner, my dad was setting the table. 2. ..... we booked our tickets, we had searched for the hotels. A) After. B) Before. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 3. Mike wanted to sit down because he ..... all day at work. A) Was standing. B) Had been standing. C) Stood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been standing. 4. The farmers ..... the field when it began to pour. A) Were ploughing. B) Had ploughed. C) Had been ploughing. D) Ploughed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were ploughing. 5. Snow ..... (fall) lightly. Suddenly a reindeer appeared. A) Fell. B) Was falling. C) Fallen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was falling. 6. Christina and Jennie ..... in the restaurant when the accident happen. A) Waiting. B) Waited. C) Was waiting. D) Were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were waiting. 7. The little girl ( is reading, are reading ) her new storybook. A) Is reading. B) Are reading. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is reading. 8. Abam ..... having online class when his sister had offline class in Junior A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 9. Grandpa Paul ..... in the park all yesterday evening. A) Were digging. B) Was digging. C) Is digging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was digging. 10. Anne ..... studying in London last year. A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 11. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$I ..... (clean) my room when you called. A) Were cleaned. B) Was cleaning. C) Was cleaned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cleaning. 12. James ..... the car. A) Was repairing. B) Were repairing. C) Is repairing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was repairing. 13. The athletes ..... very hard for the sports all last week. A) Are practising. B) Was practising. C) Were practising. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were practising. 14. I ..... some mango juice when Maggie bumped into me! A) Drink. B) Drank. C) Was drinking. D) Were drinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was drinking. 15. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:I looked for my dog, but he ..... in the backyard. A) Wasn't playing. B) Weren't playing. C) Didn't playing. D) Not was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't playing. 16. Which sentence correctly uses 'work' in past continuous? A) You works. B) You are working. C) You was working. D) You were working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You were working. 17. The kids ..... (sleep) when I ..... (enter) their bedroom. A) Wasn't sleeping / entered. B) Weren't sleeping / entered. C) Didn't sleep / was entering. D) Weren't sleeping / was entering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't sleeping / entered. 18. The students ..... the room last week. A) Are cleaning. B) Was cleaning. C) Were cleaning. D) Is cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were cleaning. 19. Was your Mom cleaning the house last night? A) No, she wasn't. B) No, she hasn't. C) No, she isn't. D) No, she doesn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, she wasn't. 20. So I ..... to cycle around a little. A) Decide. B) Decides. C) Decided. D) Was deciding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decided. 21. What ..... last weekend? A) Was she do. B) Were you. C) Was he doing. D) Was he. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was he doing. 22. My grandma tried pizza for the first time while she ..... in Italy. A) Staying. B) Is staying. C) Is stayed. D) Was staying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was staying. 23. At 5 o'clock yesterday I ..... dinner. A) Had. B) Had had. C) Was having. D) Had been having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was having. 24. Select the correct answerMy aunt Laxmi ..... T.V. yesterday when I arrived. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Was watched. D) Were watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 25. I was doing my homework ..... My cat was sleeping. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. ← 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