This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 33 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following sentence is correct?A. We were playing basketball last Sunday.B. I was doing homework at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.C. The teacher were talking when the bee flies into the classroom. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 2. ..... you still working at 7 pm last night? A) Were. B) Are. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 3. I was going to the cinema last night when I ..... (meet) my old friend from kindergarten. A) Met. B) Meeted. C) Was meeting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met. 4. While they ..... (finished) in art class, the paint ran out. A) Are painting. B) Is painting. C) Were painting. D) Was painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were painting. 5. I hope you two ..... (enjoy) your time together yesterday! A) Was enjoying. B) Were enjoying. C) Will be enjoying. D) Enjoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were enjoying. 6. While Ben ..... (cycle) to school this morning, he saw some monkeys. A) Was cycling. B) Is cycling. C) Were cycling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cycling. 7. 5] What ..... you ..... while I ..... ? A) Did / do / was cooking. B) Were / doing / was cooking. C) Did / do / cooked. D) Were / doing / cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were / doing / was cooking. 8. Choose the correct answer.While my sister ..... a stroll, she ..... a thief coming out of the house. A) Took, saw. B) Taking, seeing. C) Was taking, saw. D) Took, was seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was taking, saw. 9. They ..... in Pune for three years when he lost his job. A) Have been living. B) Were living. C) Had been living. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been living. 10. I ..... my homework when Anis phoned. A) Did. B) Was doing. C) Am doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 11. She ..... the clothes. A) Is washing. B) Was washing. C) Were washing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was washing. 12. I was ..... when my mother ..... me yesterday. A) Teaching, called. B) Teach, call. C) Taught, calling. D) Teaching, calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teaching, called. 13. Susan ..... (play) the piano when someone knocked on the door. A) Was playing. B) Is playing. C) Play. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing. 14. What is the past continuous form of 'wait' for Suma? A) Suma was waiting. B) Suma were waiting. C) Suma is waiting. D) Suma waits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suma was waiting. 15. I was studying while He ..... (make) dinner A) Are made. B) Is making. C) Were makeing. D) Was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was making. 16. When Jane ..... a language course in Ireland, she ..... Blarney castle. A) Was doing/ visited. B) Did/ visited. C) Did/ visiting. D) Was doing/ visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing/ visited. 17. The children ..... (play) badminton at 6 p.m. yesterday evening. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Are playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 18. I ..... (read) a book while my mother ..... (cook) dinner. A) Read / cook. B) Was reading / cooked. C) Was reading / was cooking. D) Read / was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading / was cooking. 19. She missed the bus because she ..... (argue) with one of her friends. A) Were arguing. B) Was arguing. C) Argued. D) Arguered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was arguing. 20. Which sentence is the correct negative form of 'She was watching TV'? A) She didn't watching TV. B) She not was watching TV. C) She wasn't watching TV. D) She were not watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wasn't watching TV. 21. The gunshot rang out while he ..... away. A) Was runing. B) Were running. C) Runing. D) Was running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was running. 22. 7] Where ..... Jack ..... when I ..... him? A) Did / study / was calling. B) Was studying / was calling. C) Did / study / called. D) Was / studying / called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was / studying / called. 23. What is simple past tense? A) An action is happening right now, or when it happens regularly. B) Actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and were still going on when another event occurred. C) Things that happened or completed action in the past. D) Unfinished action or event that will be in progress at a given point in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Things that happened or completed action in the past. 24. Choose the correct answer.When I ..... at the bungalow, the gardener ..... grass. A) Arrived, cut. B) Arriving, cutting. C) Arrived, was cutting. D) Was arriving, was cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived, was cutting. 25. Mrs Adam was ..... dinner at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. A) Hasing. B) Have. C) Having. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having. ← 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