This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At 9 am this morning, we ..... Chemistry in the lab. A) Study. B) Studied. C) Is studying. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were studying. 2. For Question no 1-3.Write "when" or "while"Two boys were playing soccer ..... the teacher came to into the classroom. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 3. Yesterday afternoon, we ..... tennis. A) Weren't playing. B) Was play. C) Playing. D) Wasn't playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't playing. 4. Which is incorrect about-ing form? A) Swim-swimming. B) Sit-siting. C) Play-playing. D) Die-dying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sit-siting. 5. Fendi and his friends ..... to the teacher a minute ago. A) Were talking. B) Are talking. C) Was talking. D) Is talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were talking. 6. They ..... TV when Ms You came. A) Were watching. B) Were watched. C) Watched. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching. 7. I could not sleep as the noise ..... on all night. A) Had gone. B) Is going. C) Had been going. D) Was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was going. 8. My sister ..... TV. A) Was listening. B) Was reading. C) Was watching. D) Was speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 9. The children ..... (play) in the playground at this time yesterday A) Played. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 10. The birds ..... A) Was chirping. B) Were chirping. C) Have chirping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were chirping. 11. Imagine your teacher asks:'Were you paying attention during the lesson?' Which is the grammatically correct and complete short answer if you were? A) Yes, I was. B) Yes, I were. C) Yes, I was paying. D) Yes, I did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I was. 12. Many people ..... when I ..... to the party. A) Were dancing; was arriving. B) Danced; arrived. C) Were dancing; arrived. D) Danced; was arriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were dancing; arrived. 13. Yesterday ..... a nice day. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 14. The bird flew in as he ..... the windows. A) Closed. B) Had closed. C) Had been closing. D) Was closing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was closing. 15. How do you say 'Uncle (repair) his radio' in past continuous? A) Uncle was repairing his radio. B) Uncle is repairing his radio. C) Uncle repairs his radio. D) Uncle repaired his radio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uncle was repairing his radio. 16. A writer wants to set a spooky scene for a story. Which sentence best uses the past continuous tense to create that feeling? A) A strange sound came from the attic. B) The old floorboards creaked loudly. C) An owl hooted outside the window. D) The wind was howling and the rain was beating against the glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The wind was howling and the rain was beating against the glass. 17. Complete the question based on the answer:' ..... you ..... when you realized you forgot your keys?' 'I was driving to school.' A) Where / were going. B) What / did do. C) When / was going. D) Where / did go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where / were going. 18. Complete the sentence:My brother was ..... for the test when I got home. A) Studyying. B) Studing. C) Studying. D) Studyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studying. 19. What (you/do) when I (call) you last night? A) Did you do / calling. B) Were you doing / called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing / called. 20. He ..... book when I called A) Reads. B) Was reading. C) Were reading. D) Am reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 21. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.fly A) Flied. B) Flew. C) Flown. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flew. 22. While I was swimming in the river, I ..... (see) some frogs. A) Seen. B) Saw. C) Seed. D) Was seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 23. I met Carla when she ..... the road. A) Crosses. B) Cross. C) Is crossing. D) Was crossing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was crossing. 24. Abby and her sisters ..... listening to the radio at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 25. Which sentence best explains the main job of the past continuous tense? A) To talk about finished events in the past, like 'I ate breakfast.'. B) To describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. C) To state a general fact that is no longer true. D) To talk about future plans that were made in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. ← 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