This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 39 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At 8.30am today I ..... driving to work. A) Is. B) Am. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 2. Joey and Vimala ..... as the boss came into the office. A) Were working. B) Working. C) Worked. D) Is working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were working. 3. Betsy:I was looking for Tom and couldn't find him. Do you know where he was?Brian:Tom ..... (attend) a meeting. A) Is attending. B) Was attending. C) Was attend. D) Attended. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was attending. 4. This morning, I ..... driving to work. A) Was. B) Am. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 5. He ( dance) ..... with lan at present. A) Was dancing. B) Were dancing. C) Is dancing. D) Are dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is dancing. 6. True or False:In the sentence 'I was still doing my homework at 10 PM, ' the adverb 'still' is placed correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. I thought I knew her. I thought I ..... her before. A) Had seen. B) Have seen. C) Saw. D) Did see. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had seen. 8. Complete the sentence:At the sleepover last night, we were ..... a really funny movie. A) Watch. B) Watched. C) Watching. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watching. 9. The film ..... very good. I really ..... it. A) Was, enjoyed. B) Is, enjoyed. C) Were, enjoyed. D) Was, enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, enjoyed. 10. While he ..... , the phone rang. A) Slept. B) Sleeps. C) Was sleeping. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping. 11. I ..... TV at 2 pm yesterday. A) Am not watching. B) Weren't watching. C) Wasn't watching. D) Didn't watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't watching. 12. My friend ..... me while I ..... the homework A) Was phoning / was doing. B) Phoned / was doing. C) Phoned / did. D) Were phoning / were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phoned / was doing. 13. Q:What are you doing?A: ..... brushing Chelssa's hair. A) You are. B) You am. C) I am. D) I are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I am. 14. Angela and I ..... along the corridor now. A) Are walking. B) Am walking. C) Is walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are walking. 15. Complete the sentence:I ..... a shower when my mom called me. A) Was taking. B) Were taking. C) Was take. D) Were take. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 16. What was she ..... while her mother ..... lunch? A) Doing/ was making. B) Doing/ made. C) Did/ was making. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doing/ was making. 17. Identify the correct way to form a yes/no question in the past continuous. A) You were listening to the music?. B) Did you were listening to the music?. C) Were you listening to the music?. D) You was listening to the music?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you listening to the music?. 18. I ..... dinner at 6 pm yesterday evening. A) Had. B) Was having. C) Were having. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having. 19. Our teacher ..... in the middle of the room right now. A) Stands. B) Is standing. C) Stood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is standing. 20. Which option correctly turns this sentence into a negative statement:'He was listening to the music.' A) He not was listening to the music. B) He didn't listening to the music. C) He was no listening to the music. D) He wasn't listening to the music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wasn't listening to the music. 21. What is the function of the past continuous tense in the sentence:'He was studying when the phone rang'? A) To describe an ongoing action interrupted by another action. B) To describe a future plan. C) To describe a habitual action. D) To describe a completed action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To describe an ongoing action interrupted by another action. 22. I ..... (walk) home when I met Dave. A) Am walking. B) Walking. C) Was walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was walking. 23. What is the past continuous form of 'to run'? A) Running. B) Was running / were running. C) Was run. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was running / were running. 24. Complete the sentence:Yesterday, at six my mother ..... dinner. A) Was making. B) Is making. C) Has made. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was making. 25. Justin and Jesse ( am stacking, are stacking ) the books neatly. A) Am stacking. B) Are stacking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are stacking. ← 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