This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 22 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In 2010, we ..... (live) in a small flat in London. A) Were living. B) Was live. C) Were live. D) Was living. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were living. 2. Choose the best way to turn this statement into a yes/no question:'They were studying for the science test.' A) They were studying for the science test?. B) Were they studying for the science test?. C) Did they were studying for the science test?. D) Studying for the science test were they?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were they studying for the science test?. 3. Which question is the grammatically correct way to ask about a past ongoing action? A) What you were doing yesterday?. B) What did you were doing yesterday?. C) What were you doing yesterday?. D) What you did do yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What were you doing yesterday?. 4. They ..... books when the telephone ..... A) Read/rang. B) Read/was ringing. C) Were reading/ rang. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were reading/ rang. 5. Choose the sentence that correctly describes two actions happening at the same time in the past. A) I was doing homework while my brother played video games. B) I did homework while my brother was playing video games. C) I was doing homework while my brother was playing video games. D) I did homework when my brother was playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was doing homework while my brother was playing video games. 6. 8] 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. 7. I ..... (rest) on the sofa when the postman came. A) Was resting. B) Were resting. C) Am resting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was resting. 8. My mother ..... cooking in the kitchen at 6 am this morning A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 9. True or False:The sentence 'He was knowing the answer' is a common and correct way to talk about a past state of mind. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. What is the importance of using Past Continuous Tense in storytelling? A) It helps to create a vivid picture of what was happening at a specific time in the past. B) It allows the writer to express future actions. C) It is used to indicate completed actions in the past. D) It helps to summarize the main events of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helps to create a vivid picture of what was happening at a specific time in the past. 11. While she ..... her family, they had a birthday party for her. A) Visit. B) Visited. C) Was visitting. D) Were visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was visitting. 12. Frank and Mink ..... to the beach 7 o'clock yesterday. A) Wasn't, going. B) Weren't, going. C) Isn't, going. D) Aren't, going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't, going. 13. The telephone ( ring) ..... while I was cleaning the house. A) Were ringing. B) Rang. C) Rings. D) Has ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 14. Lie + ing A) Liieng. B) Lying. C) Lieing. D) Laying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lying. 15. We ..... meeting at 9a.m yesterday. A) Is having. B) Are having. C) Was having. D) Were having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were having. 16. Chuck had left the house before I ..... (CALL). A) Called. B) Had called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 17. Adela ..... the guitar while the other girls ..... A) Is playing were singing. B) Was plaing were singing. C) Was playing were singing. D) Playing singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing were singing. 18. Mei Ling and her sister ..... (swim) in the pool when it started to rain. A) Was swimming. B) Were swimming. C) Are swimming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were swimming. 19. I ..... (eat) a sandwich when someone shouted, 'There's a fire in the school!' A) Eating. B) Ate. C) Was eating. D) Were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was eating. 20. The tiger ..... for its prey just now. A) Is hunting. B) Are hunting. C) Was hunting. D) Were hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was hunting. 21. She was exhausted because she (work) since eight o'clock that morning. A) Had worked. B) Had been working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working. 22. I ..... hear the thunder during the storm last night because I was sleeping. Kata yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat tersebut adalah A) Did. B) Did not. C) Do. D) Do not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not. 23. I couldn't answer your call because I ..... (drive) A) Were driving. B) Drived. C) Drove. D) Was driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was driving. 24. Complete the sentence:We ..... attention in class, so the teacher got upset. A) Wasn't paying. B) Weren't paying. C) Didn't paying. D) Not were paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't paying. 25. The pupils ..... singing when the lights went out. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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