This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The teacher was angry because some students ..... (play) football in the classroom when he came in. A) Are playing. B) Played. C) Were playing. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 2. ..... you ..... football at 2 p.m. last Saturday? A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Are playing. D) Do playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 3. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$The students ..... (discuss) the project when the teacher entered. A) Were discussing. B) Is discussing. C) Was discussed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were discussing. 4. I ..... along that road when I spotted a little puppy. A) Was driving. B) Had driven. C) Drove. D) Had been driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 5. I ..... all night yesterday A) Was not working. B) Were not working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not working. 6. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:I couldn't join the game because I ..... my chores yet. A) Wasn't finishing. B) Weren't finishing. C) Not finishing. D) Wasn't finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't finishing. 7. Paul ..... dancing in the classroom now. A) Are. B) Is. C) Am. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 8. Choose the correct answer.Simon ..... a magazine when the phone ..... A) Was reading, rang. B) Read, was ringing. C) Reading, ringing. D) Read, rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading, rang. 9. I ..... (make) a sandwich when the phone rang. A) Am making. B) Was making. C) Is making. D) Were making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was making. 10. Complete the sentence to show an action that was interrupted:We ..... for the bus when it suddenly ..... to pour rain. A) Were waiting, started. B) Waited, was starting. C) Were waiting, was starting. D) Waited, started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were waiting, started. 11. While I ..... (walk) down the street, it ..... (begin) to rain A) Walked, was begining. B) Was walking, began. C) Walked, began. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was walking, began. 12. When I ..... the house this morning, it ..... A) Left; was raining. B) Was leaving, rained. C) Left; rained. D) Was leaving, was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left; was raining. 13. When I ..... up yesterday morning, the sun ..... A) Get/ shine. B) Got/ shone. C) Get/ is shining. D) Got/ was shining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got/ was shining. 14. She ..... Smiling to me yesterday A) Was. B) Where. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 15. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$I ..... (paint) the house all afternoon. A) Was painted. B) Was painting. C) Is painted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was painting. 16. The door closed while everybody ..... up. A) Were standing. B) Was standing. C) Are standing. D) Standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was standing. 17. How would you correctly ask what someone was doing at a specific time last night? A) What you were doing at 9 PM?. B) What did you do at 9 PM?. C) What were you doing at 9 PM?. D) What you did at 9 PM?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What were you doing at 9 PM?. 18. Apakah kamu sedang mengerjakan PR semalam (?) A) You were doing homework last night. B) You weren't doing homework last night. C) Were you doing homework last night?. D) Were you doing homework last yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you doing homework last night?. 19. The boy ..... sleeping in a tent. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 20. I ..... my work at 3 o'clock yesterday. A) Finish. B) Finished. C) Finishes. D) Was finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was finishing. 21. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given.Samson ..... the Net at 10 a.m. last Sunday. A) Was surfing. B) Were surfing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was surfing. 22. Kamala ..... her favourite book right now. A) Is reading. B) Was reading. C) Are reading. D) Were reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is reading. 23. True or False:The sentence 'They weren't paying attention in class' is a correct negative sentence in the past continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. As long as one group ..... dinner, the others were collecting woods for fire. A) Was preparing. B) Is preparing. C) Preparing. D) Prepare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was preparing. 25. While Sara ..... the dishes, her sister wiped the dining table. A) Was washing. B) Were washing. C) Washed. D) Washes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was washing. ← 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