This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 25 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$We ..... (walk) in the park when it started to rain. A) Was walking. B) Was walked. C) Were walking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were walking. 2. While she was talking to her boss, her mobile phone ..... (ring). A) Was ringing. B) Were ringing. C) Ringed. D) Rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rang. 3. Marry, Rose, and Ferria ..... brushing their teeth at night yesterday. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 4. When it ..... to rain, our dog wanted to come inside. A) Was started/ wanted. B) Was strating/ wanted. C) Started/ wanted. D) Starts/ wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started/ wanted. 5. When they came here, ..... A) I watch television. B) I were watched television. C) I was watching television. D) I were watching television. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was watching television. 6. They ..... at the clowns at the circus last night. A) Is laughing. B) Was laughing. C) Are laughing. D) Were laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were laughing. 7. Identify the past continuous tense in the following sentence:'While I was walking to the store, I saw a friend.' A) Was walking. B) Saw. C) To the store. D) A friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 8. She ..... her homework when I called her A) Was doing. B) Were doing. C) Was done. D) Were done. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing. 9. She ..... last night. A) Were singing. B) Was singing. C) Was sending e-mails. D) Were speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was singing. 10. As the children ..... dinner, their mother called him. A) Was having. B) Is having. C) Were having. D) Are having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were having. 11. What ..... you ..... yesterday? A) Was / do. B) Were / doing. C) Were / do. D) Are / doing. E) Was / doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were / doing. 12. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.write A) Wrote. B) Written. C) Writed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 13. The snow ..... (cover) the mountains when I ..... (wake) up. A) Was covering, was waking. B) Covered, waked. C) Coved, was waking. D) Was covering, woke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was covering, woke. 14. They ..... home when they saw a clown. A) Was driving. B) Were driving. C) Drive. D) Drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were driving. 15. My mother ..... breakfast at 6 o'clock this morning. A) Wasn't having. B) Weren't having. C) Didn't have. D) Doesn't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't having. 16. While I ..... television, the doorbell rang. A) Were watching. B) Is watching. C) Was watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 17. Before she had dinner, she ..... in the garden. A) Had worked. B) Worked. C) Was working. D) Has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had worked. 18. Boby ..... (lie) under the tree to sleep when a big leaf ..... (fall) onto his head. A) Lay, fell. B) Was lying, falling. C) Was lying, fell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was lying, fell. 19. Complete the sentence with the correct option:My friends ..... outside yesterday at 5:00p.m. A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Were played. D) Was played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 20. Select the sentence that shows correct subject-verb agreement for the past continuous tense. A) You was playing soccer very well. B) The cat were sleeping on the couch. C) He was listening to music. D) They was eating lunch together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was listening to music. 21. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$She ..... (eat) breakfast when her phone rang. A) Was ate. B) Eats. C) Was eating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was eating. 22. Tony ..... (search) for his wallet the whole morning. A) Is searching. B) Were searching. C) Was searching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was searching. 23. You ..... working in the morning A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 24. Who ..... talking in the bathroom last night? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 25. Keyla ..... for two hours before she arrived. A) Was driving. B) Has been driving. C) Had been driven. D) Had been driving. 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