This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We ..... on the lake when it started to rain so we went home. A) Finished. B) Finishing. C) Were finishing. D) Are finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were finishing. 2. What ..... (you / do ) when we called you? A) Was you doing. B) You doing. C) Are you doing. D) Were you doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you doing. 3. The man ..... (sell) ice-creams. A) Was sold. B) Was selling. C) Were selling. D) Am selling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was selling. 4. Why ..... he having lunch at 4pm? A) Was. B) Does. C) Were. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 5. It ..... raining last night, so I took my umbrella. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 6. Complete the question:'What ..... you ..... about when I walked in?' A) Was, talking. B) Were, talking. C) Did, talk. D) Are, talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were, talking. 7. How do you express 'the carpenter (make) a table' in past continuous? A) The carpenter makes a table. B) The carpenter is making a table. C) The carpenter were making a table. D) The carpenter was making a table. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The carpenter was making a table. 8. ..... the cat ..... (sleep) on the fence yesterday? A) Was/sleeping. B) Were/sleeping. C) Was/sleep. D) Were/sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was/sleeping. 9. I was climbing up a tree. Gina ..... A) Was climb next to me. B) Were climbing next to me. C) Was climbing next to me. D) Were climb next to me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was climbing next to me. 10. My mum ..... when I got home. A) Was cooking. B) Were cooking. C) Cooking. D) Was cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 11. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form in the past continuous tense:I ..... a sandwich when the phone rang. A) Made. B) Making. C) Was making. D) Is making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was making. 12. Last night, the wind ..... so hard. A) Is blowing. B) Was blowing. C) Blow. D) Blows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was blowing. 13. I ..... TV at eight o'clock yesterday evening. A) Was watching. B) Am watching. C) Watch. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 14. ..... when I came? A) Were he sleeping. B) Was he sleeping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was he sleeping. 15. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The mechanic ..... (fix) the engine when the customer arrived. A) Were fixing. B) Was fixed. C) Was fixing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was fixing. 16. It is ten past nine A) 10.09. B) 9.15. C) 9.10. D) 9.30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9.10. 17. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence:'While I ..... to the radio, my brother was watching TV.' A) Was listening. B) Listened. C) Am listening. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was listening. 18. Aqilla ..... visiting Thailand 2 years ago. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 19. Jigar ..... a bike last evening. A) Is riding. B) Are riding. C) Was riding. D) Were riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was riding. 20. He was not ..... the television when you ..... to his house to borrow his car yesterday. A) Repaired, came. B) Repair, come. C) Repairing, come. D) Repairing, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repairing, came. 21. Which sentence best shows that the speaker was annoyed by a repeated past action? A) My little sister was always borrowing my clothes without asking. B) My little sister borrowed my clothes without asking. C) My little sister was borrowing my clothes without asking. D) My little sister always was borrowing my clothes without asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My little sister was always borrowing my clothes without asking. 22. We ..... (visit) the patient at the hospital. A) Was visit. B) Was visiting. C) Were visiting. D) Were visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were visiting. 23. My parents ..... (work) when I came home. A) Are working. B) Is working. C) Were working. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were working. 24. I saw Kate a few minutes ago. She ..... for you. A) Is looking. B) Looked. C) Was looking. D) Looks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was looking. 25. Choose the pair of verbs that best completes the sentence:While the musician ..... , the audience suddenly ..... to clap along. A) Was playing / was starting. B) Played / was starting. C) Was playing / started. D) Played / started. 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