This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 26 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The people ..... (build) a boat. A) Were building. B) Was building. C) Is building. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were building. 2. Peter, John and Rebecca ..... (wait) for the school bus at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. A) Are waiting. B) Was waiting. C) Were waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 3. I ..... an exam yesterday at this time. A) Were having. B) Am have. C) Am having. D) Having. E) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Was having. 4. He ..... (wash) while his mother ..... (cook). A) Washing / was cooking. B) Washed / cooked. C) Washes / is cooking. D) Wash / cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washing / was cooking. 5. My brother and sister ..... playing tennis at 11 a.m. yesterday. A) Was. B) Are. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 6. Complete the sentence with the verbs in the Past Continuous Tense form.A:What ..... your mum ..... yesterday evening?B:She ..... the dinner then. A) Were doing; were making. B) Is doing; is making. C) Was doing; was making. D) Did do; is made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing; was making. 7. Imagine your friend asks, 'Were you studying when I called?' If you were not studying, what is the correct short answer? A) Yes, I was. B) No, I wasn't. C) No, I didn't. D) Yes, I did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, I wasn't. 8. Ghozy and Nayla ..... not coming to offline class. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 9. The house was perfect for him-it was exactly what he ..... for. A) Had been looking. B) Is looking. C) Looks. D) Have been looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been looking. 10. While Joe was walking down the road, he ..... a tall man and his dog near the lake. A) Saw. B) Sees. C) Was see. D) Seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 11. Peter ..... the plant while John ..... in the kitchen. A) Has watered/cooked. B) Watered/was cooking. C) Was watering/was cooking. D) Has watered/was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watered/was cooking. 12. Jane ..... a bike at 3p.m last Sunday. A) Is riding. B) Are riding. C) Was riding. D) Were riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was riding. 13. We ..... dancing.Tiger ..... roaring.The car ..... stopping.Girls ..... talking. A) Were; were; were; were. B) Were; was; was; were. C) Was; were; were; was. D) Were; was; were; were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were; was; was; were. 14. Choose the correct answer.We ..... the men when we ..... A) Met, jogged. B) Met, were jogging. C) Meeting, were jogging. D) Were meeting, were jogging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met, were jogging. 15. ..... I ..... dinner with you at 6 pm yesterday? A) Am, cooking. B) Did, cook. C) Were, cooking. D) Was, cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was, cooking. 16. How would you correctly rewrite the main idea of 'I not was paying attention' as a full sentence? A) I didn't paying attention. B) I was not paying attention. C) I were not paying attention. D) I was paying not attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was not paying attention. 17. Were you studying English last week? A) Yes, I do. B) Yes, I am. C) Yes. I was. D) Yes, I have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. I was. 18. Rafif ..... reading a book when Akma came. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 19. Jimmy ..... soccer with his friends. A) Were play. B) Was played. C) Was playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing. 20. I was ..... with her for 2 hours yesterday A) Talked. B) Talking. C) Talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talking. 21. I ..... (shop) in a bookstore last week A) Was shopping. B) Were shopping. C) Am shopping. D) Are shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was shopping. 22. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given.I ..... 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. 23. Which one is past continuous tense in question form? A) Were they walking home together yesterday?. B) Have you been eating?. C) When did you see the movie?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were they walking home together yesterday?. 24. John and I ..... (drive) our car an hour ago. A) Are driving. B) Didn't driving. C) Was driving. D) Were driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were driving. 25. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$We ..... (prepare) dinner when the guests arrived. A) Were preparing. B) Preparing. C) Was preparing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were preparing. ← 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