This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 35 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:My friends ..... for the school bus when I saw them this morning. A) Is waiting. B) Was waiting. C) Waited. D) Were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were waiting. 2. Cooking / she / pasta / was /. A) Was She cooking pasta. B) She was cooking pasta. C) She cooking was pasta. D) She wasn't cooking pasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was cooking pasta. 3. Was / around / you / I / saw / when / walking / i / the road A) I saw you walking around the road. B) I walking around the road i saw you when. C) When i saw you walking around the road. D) I was walking around the road when i saw you. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was walking around the road when i saw you. 4. What was she drinking at the cafe? A) She never drinks tea. B) She was drinking tea. C) She likes drinking tea. D) She will drink a tea. E) She can drink a tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was drinking tea. 5. The robber ..... the house then ran out A) Stole. B) Steal. C) Was stealing. D) Steals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stole. 6. Min Hin ..... in Engilsh class. A) Was dreams. B) Were dream. C) Was dreaming. D) Were dreaming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was dreaming. 7. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$They ..... (dance) at the party all evening. A) Was dancing. B) Danced. C) Were dancing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were dancing. 8. I was watching through the window ..... A) When a car was crashing. B) While a car was crashing. C) While a car crashed. D) When a car crashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When a car crashed. 9. Complete the sentence:My phone rang ..... I was trying to finish my science project. A) When. B) During. C) While. D) Then. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While. 10. We ..... at the breakfast table when the doorbell ..... A) Sat/was ringing. B) Were sitting / rang. C) Was sitting/were ringing. D) Sitting / rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sitting / rang. 11. Complete the sentence with the verbs in the Past Continuous Tense form.Yesterday my sister and I went to thepark. While I ..... a book on a bench, she ..... with her friends. A) Were reading; was playing. B) Reading; playing. C) Was reading; was playing. D) Is reading; was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading; was playing. 12. They ..... writing the lesson A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 13. Was she writing a letter at 8 pm last Monday?No, ..... A) She didn't. B) She isn't. C) She doesn't. D) She wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She wasn't. 14. I tried to tell her the truth, but she wasn't ..... A) Listen. B) Listens. C) Listening. D) To listen. E) Listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Listening. 15. The children ..... hide and seek now. A) Am playing. B) Is playing. C) Are playing. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are playing. 16. They ..... (watch) TV when she called . A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Were watched. D) Are watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 17. The past perfect continuous tense emphasizes ..... A) That an event has finished. B) Habitual activities in the present. C) That one event was interrupted by another event in the past. D) The duration of one event in the past, before another event interrupted it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The duration of one event in the past, before another event interrupted it. 18. When the police ..... (arrive), the thief ..... (run) away. A) Was arriving, ran. B) Arrived, was running. C) Arrived, was runing. D) Were arriving, ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived, was running. 19. She ..... English at this time yesterday. A) Were studying. B) Was studying. C) Studies. D) Is studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying. 20. I ..... when my father heard the announcement about me on the radio A) Am sleeping. B) Was sleeping. C) Have been sleeping. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sleeping. 21. The wind ..... fiercely. A) Is blowing. B) Was blowing. C) Were blowing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was blowing. 22. Henry and his brothers ( are doing, were doing ) their homework in the studyroom. A) Are doing. B) Were doing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are doing. 23. Me ..... Rizki ..... Going to the campus last day A) With, were. B) And, where. C) And, were. D) And was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And, were. 24. She ..... swimming when I saw her. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 25. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.spot A) Spoted. B) Spot. C) Spotted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spotted. ← 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