This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The past continuous tense is used to denoted ..... A) Short action in the present. B) Long action in the present. C) Short action in the past. D) Long action in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long action in the past. 2. She ..... in the kitchen. A) Is cooking. B) Are cooking. C) Was cooking. D) Were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is cooking. 3. His heart ..... when he was told of the news. A) Was stiring. B) Were stiring. C) Was stirring. D) Are stiring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was stirring. 4. ..... you ..... football at 2 PM? A) Were, playing. B) Was, playing. C) Are, playing. D) Do, playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, playing. 5. When he ..... home police car crashed into him. A) Was returning. B) Were returning. C) Returning. D) Return. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was returning. 6. My brother and I ..... cooking all evening yesterday. A) Were. B) We're. C) Was. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 7. Select the best question to ask what your friend, Mia, was doing last night. A) What you were doing last night?. B) Why were you so tired?. C) What were you doing last night?. D) What did you do last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What were you doing last night?. 8. My Father ..... (read) a newspaper when I Washed my motorcycle. A) Were reading. B) Was reading. C) Reads. D) Read. E) Will read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 9. David ..... the grass the other day when the snake appeared A) Cuts. B) Was cutting. C) Were cutting. D) Was cut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cutting. 10. While he ..... , I was sleeping. A) Slept. B) Was sleping. C) Is sleeping. D) Was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was sleeping. 11. Mr. Thompson ..... (drive) to work in his new car yesterday morning. A) Is driving. B) Was driving. C) Were driving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving. 12. When Pak Dollah walked into his garden, the mousedeer ..... eating the vegetables. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 13. Melvin didn't go out yesterday because it ..... all day. A) Is raining. B) Was raining. C) Were raining. D) Was rainning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was raining. 14. Somebody threw a shoe at him ..... he was speaking. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 15. Was he not ..... his homework? A) Do. B) Done. C) Did. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doing. 16. The dogs ..... (bark) all night. A) Were barking. B) Was barking. C) Barked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were barking. 17. The phone was ..... five minutes ago A) Ring. B) Rings. C) Rang. D) Ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ringing. 18. When he opened the window, it ..... (snow). A) Was snowed. B) Was snowing. C) Were snowing. D) Snowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was snowing. 19. When I saw you, you ..... your new cap. A) Wasn't wearing. B) Weren't wearing. C) Wearing. D) Was wear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't wearing. 20. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the farmers ..... working in the rice fields. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 21. "Saya sedang tidur ketika ayah saya tiba jam 7 malam tadi" A) I was sleeping when my father came at 7 last night. B) I was sleeping when my father is coming at 7 last night. C) I was sleeping when my father was coming at 7 last night. D) I slept when my father came at 7 last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was sleeping when my father came at 7 last night. 22. The dog ..... angrily at the stranger just now. A) Is barking. B) Was barking. C) Are barking. D) Were barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was barking. 23. Choose the best option to describe two actions happening at the same time in the past. A) While I was studying, my brother played video games. B) While I studied, my brother was playing video games. C) While I was studying, my brother was playing video games. D) I studied when my brother was playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While I was studying, my brother was playing video games. 24. ..... Johnny visiting their parents last Tuesday evening? A) Did. B) Do. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 25. What was she doing? A) She was running. B) She ran. C) She running. D) She was runing. 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