This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was ..... a car when the accident suddenly happen A) Drove. B) Drive. C) Driving. D) Driven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driving. 2. .... James inventing a toy yesterday morning? A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 3. While the man ..... (water) the plants, a bee stung him. A) Was watering. B) Were watering. C) Is watering. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watering. 4. If someone asks, 'What were you doing at 8 PM last night?', which answer best describes an action in progress at that specific time? A) I finished my homework. B) I was doing my homework. C) I did my homework. D) I do my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was doing my homework. 5. Games / was / computer / Bob / playing / A) Bob was games playing computer. B) Bob was playing computer games. C) Bob computer games was playing. D) Bon playing was computer games. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bob was playing computer games. 6. The boys ..... in the badminton court yesterday afternoon. A) Is playing. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Are making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 7. Last month I ..... to Cochabamba. A) Were traveling. B) Was travel. C) Was traveling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was traveling. 8. Alex ..... (wait) for a bus when I saw him. A) Waited. B) Was waiting. C) Was waitted. D) Was waitin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was waiting. 9. Change this sentence into English:Rina tidak sedang menyimpan dokumen di atas mejaku tadi malam A) Rina wasn't saving document on my desk last night. B) Rina was saving document on my desk last night. C) Rina weren't saving document on my desk last night. D) Was rina saving document on my desk last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rina wasn't saving document on my desk last night. 10. I did not understand what they were talking about A) Did not/ talked. B) Did not/ were talking. C) Did not/ was talking. D) Do not/ were talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not/ were talking. 11. Complete the sentence:My friends and I ..... for the school bus when it started to rain. A) Was waiting. B) Is waiting. C) Were waiting. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 12. The workers ..... the wires yesterday. A) Were connecting. B) Was connecting. C) Is connecting. D) Are connecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were connecting. 13. I ..... a sandwich when the phone rang. A) Made. B) Was making. C) Is making. D) Were making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was making. 14. The boy is playing football. A) Present Tense. B) Present Continuous. C) Past Tense. D) Future Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Continuous. 15. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:I looked for you at the party, but you ..... A) Weren't dancing. B) Wasn't dancing. C) Didn't dancing. D) Not were dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't dancing. 16. They ..... to their teacher while my mother was explaining. A) Listening. B) Were listening. C) Was listening. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were listening. 17. Tisha ..... when she fell and hurt her leg. A) Were dancing. B) Was dancing. C) Danced. D) Dances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was dancing. 18. Complete the sentence:The students ..... quietly on their project when the principal walked in. A) Was working. B) Were working. C) Are working. D) Is working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were working. 19. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$She ..... (hum) a song while cooking dinner. A) Was humming. B) Was hummed. C) Were hummed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was humming. 20. One man ..... the grass while his wife was ..... strawberries. A) Mowed/ picked. B) Was mowing/ was picking. C) Was mowing/ picked. D) Mowed/ picking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was mowing/ was picking. 21. Sally ( am working, is working ) diligently on her Science project. A) Am working. B) Is working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is working. 22. ..... going home? A) Was. B) Were you. C) You were. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you. 23. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$He ..... (drive) to work when it started to rain. A) Was driving. B) Were driving. C) Was drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 24. While my father ..... news on TV, I ..... my homework. A) Was watching / was doing. B) Watched / did. C) Was watching / was done. D) Watched / was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching / was doing. 25. My sisters were sleeping when a person ..... loudly at the door. A) A knock. B) Was knocked. C) Knocked. D) Knocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knocked. ← 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