This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 38 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence best combines these two ideas? Idea 1:We were playing outside. Idea 2:Our mom called us for dinner. A) We played outside and our mom was calling us. B) While we were playing outside, our mom was calling us. C) We were playing outside when our mom called us for dinner. D) We played outside when our mom called us for dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We were playing outside when our mom called us for dinner. 2. Complete the sentence:The students ..... quietly on their project when the bell rang. A) Was working. B) Were working. C) Worked. D) Are working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were working. 3. Identify the sentence that correctly shows one action interrupting another. A) He was falling asleep when he listened to the podcast. B) He fell asleep while he was listening to the podcast. C) He was falling asleep while he was listening to the podcast. D) He fell asleep when he was listening to the podcast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He fell asleep while he was listening to the podcast. 4. I ..... (watch) the TV when my mother ..... (turn) it off. A) Was watching, turned. B) Were watching, turnt. C) Watched, turned. D) Was watching, was turning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching, turned. 5. I ..... (come) home while my sister ..... (water) houseplants. A) Came, watered. B) Came, was watering. C) Was coming, watered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came, was watering. 6. Yesterday, I ..... to the restaurant with a client. A) Go. B) Am going. C) Was going. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 7. Peter, John, and Rebecca ..... (wait) for the bus at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. A) Are waiting. B) Was waiting. C) Were waited. D) Were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were waiting. 8. She ..... (play) Tennis. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Was play. D) Were play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing. 9. They ..... TV when I arrived A) Were watching. B) Were watched. C) Watched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching. 10. I ..... hiking tomorrow. A) Is going. B) Am going. C) Are going. D) Was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am going. 11. While they ..... English, the light went off. A) Studying. B) Were studying. C) Was studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were studying. 12. Choose the correct answer.Mia ..... at 7 o'clock last night. A) Sew. B) Sews. C) Was sewing. D) Were sewing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sewing. 13. Identify the tense:'He was studying while it was raining.' A) Present continuous tense. B) Past simple tense. C) Future continuous tense. D) Past continuous tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past continuous tense. 14. Create a sentence using 'when' and the past continuous tense. A) I was reading a book when the phone ringed. B) I was reading a book when the phone rang. C) I read a book when the phone was ringing. D) I will read a book when the phone rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was reading a book when the phone rang. 15. While my younger brother ..... (play) computer games, I ..... (do) my homework. A) Was playing, was doing. B) Was playing, did. C) Played, did. D) Play, was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing, was doing. 16. True or False:The following sentence is punctuated correctly:'The power went out while we were watching the movie.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$They ..... (roam) around the city when they saw a street performer. A) Were roaming. B) Were roamed. C) Was roaming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were roaming. 18. Your friend says, 'I was thinking about our science project.' What is the best question to ask to get this information? A) What you were thinking about?. B) What did you thinking about?. C) What were you thinking about?. D) What you thought about?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What were you thinking about?. 19. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.sing A) Sang. B) Sung. C) Song. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sang. 20. I found my toy when I ..... my room. A) Was tidying. B) Tidied. C) Have tidied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was tidying. 21. The mice ..... under the dining table. A) Is squeaking. B) Was squeaking. C) Are squeaking. D) Were squeaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were squeaking. 22. Was she ..... (read) the newspaper in the living room? A) Read. B) Reading. C) Readed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading. 23. Where ..... you ( go) ..... last summer? A) Was you going. B) Were you going. C) Did you go. D) Did you went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you go. 24. The elephants ..... eating dumplings now. A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 25. I can ..... with my nose A) Snap. B) Bite. C) See. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smell. ← 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