This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While the cow ..... grazing in the field, the wolves attacked. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 2. They ..... the new movie last night A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Was watched. D) Were watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 3. Choose the correct past continuous tense form:While I ..... , the doorbell rang. A) Was reading. B) Read. C) Am reading. D) Have read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 4. Complete the sentence with the best negative form:I looked for my friends at the park, but they ..... soccer. A) Weren't playing. B) Didn't playing. C) Not were playing. D) Wasn't playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't playing. 5. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct:'My friends eating pizza when I arrived.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Pemakaian "While" dan "when" dalam kalimat, mengindikasikan bahwa kalimat tersebut membicarakan kejadian yang ..... A) Sudah terjadi dimasa lampau. B) Fakta umum. C) Kebiasaan. D) Sedang terjadi di masa lampau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sedang terjadi di masa lampau. 7. ..... it ..... when you woke up this morning? A) Is raining. B) Was raining. C) Is rain. D) Were raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was raining. 8. Actions happening one after another in the past are expressed by: A) Past continious. B) Past simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past simple. 9. When you called, I ..... the newspaper. A) Had been reading. B) Was reading. C) Had read. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 10. True or False:The sentence 'I was wanting a new skateboard for my birthday' is grammatically correct for expressing a past desire. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. What ..... Peter and Helen ..... when you broke the glass? A) Are / doing. B) Was / doing. C) Were / doing. D) Did / did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / doing. 12. How did you learn to drive?My father ..... me. A) Taught. B) Teached. C) Had teached. D) Had taught. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taught. 13. When I ..... up this yesterday, the sun ..... A) Get/ shine. B) Got/ shone. C) Get/ is shining. D) Got/ was shining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got/ was shining. 14. I ( play) ..... football when my mother came back. A) Played. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Am playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 15. Which of the following is the correct past continuous form of 'walk'? A) They was walking. B) They were walking. C) They are walking. D) They walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were walking. 16. Below are the time signal for past continuous, except ..... A) 2 hours ago. B) Last week. C) Right now. D) Yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right now. 17. True or False:The sentence 'We was eating pizza for dinner' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Complete the sentence to describe a background scene for a story:The wind ..... through the trees as the hero approached the old house. A) Blew. B) Was blowing. C) Blows. D) Had blown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was blowing. 19. Complete the sentence:My friends ..... for the bus when it started to rain. A) Was waiting. B) Waited. C) Were waiting. D) Is waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 20. Which sentence best shows one action being interrupted by another? A) He read a book while the baby slept. B) She was cooking dinner when the power went out. C) They were talking and they were laughing. D) I was studying as my sister was practicing piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was cooking dinner when the power went out. 21. Adeela ..... while the other girls ..... A) Is dancing are dancing. B) Was dancing was singing. C) Was dancing were singing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was dancing were singing. 22. True or False:The sentence 'She was walking home when she was seeing a friend' correctly describes an interrupted action. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. The goldsmith was ..... the gold. Choose the correct answer. A) Melting. B) Melted. C) Melts. D) Melt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melting. 24. Mr. Budi doesn't has ..... books A) Any. B) Some. C) The. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any. 25. How do you say 'the spider (weave) his web' in past continuous? A) The spider was weaving his web. B) The spider were weaving his web. C) The spider is weaving his web. D) The spider weaves his web. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The spider was weaving his web. ← 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