This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My mother ..... cooking when I arrived home. A) Is cooking. B) Was cooking. C) Cooked. D) Cooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 2. Your friend asks, 'Were you and Liam studying together?' Select the correct negative short answer. A) No, we didn't. B) No, we weren't. C) No, we wasn't. D) No, we're not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, we weren't. 3. The children ..... under the tree. (talk) A) Talking. B) Talks. C) Are talking. D) Is talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are talking. 4. Hafiz didn't go out yesterday because it ..... all day. A) Is raining. B) Was raining. C) Were raining. D) Was rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was raining. 5. While my grandparents ..... dumplings, I ..... cookies. A) Made was baking. B) Were making baked. C) Were making was baking. D) Had made baked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were making was baking. 6. My mother ..... the whole of yesterday evening. A) Had been knitting. B) Was knitting. C) Is knitting. D) Had knitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was knitting. 7. Selly came home late while her grandmother ..... her family. A) Was a visit. B) Visiting. C) Visited. D) Was visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was visiting. 8. Which sentence is in Past Continuous Tense? A) The gardener is trimming the leaves. B) The flowers are blooming. C) Srishti ate her lunch. D) Rekha was packing her bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rekha was packing her bags. 9. Cynthia ( am wrapping, is wrapping ) a birthday present for Carrie. A) Am wrapping. B) Is wrapping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is wrapping. 10. Which sentence correctly combines these two ideas? Idea 1:I was making a sandwich. Idea 2:I dropped the knife. A) I was making a sandwich when I dropped the knife. B) I made a sandwich when I was dropping the knife. C) While I dropped the knife, I was making a sandwich. D) I was making a sandwich and I was dropping the knife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was making a sandwich when I dropped the knife. 11. What ..... when you saw him? A) Dis Max do. B) Was Max doing. C) Did Max. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was Max doing. 12. She ..... (water) the plants while I ..... (clean) my room A) Was water, cleaned. B) Were watered, was cleaned. C) Were watering, was cleaning. D) Was watering, was cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watering, was cleaning. 13. I saw Rene yesterday when she ..... by the seaside. A) Was walking. B) Is walking. C) Am walking. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 14. Tom wasn't reading a book. He ..... the dog. A) Feeds. B) Feeding. C) Were feeding. D) Is feeding. E) Was feeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Was feeding. 15. The children ..... (collect) the chestnuts that ..... (fall) from the tree A) Collected-had fallen. B) Had collected-fallen. C) Collected-fallen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collected-had fallen. 16. Yesterday at the picnic, I ..... (drink) some mango juice when Maggie bumped into me! A) Drink. B) Drank. C) Was drinking. D) Drinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was drinking. 17. I ..... cycling at the park which was a stone's throw from my house. A) Is. B) Am. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 18. She ..... her popcorn while she was watching the movie. A) Drop. B) Dropped. C) Dropped. D) Dropped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dropped. 19. We are ..... because we see a big dog. (shake) A) Shakes. B) Shakeing. C) Shakying. D) Shaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shaking. 20. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The kids ..... (chase) each other in the garden when the teacher arrived. A) Was chasing. B) Was chased. C) Were chasing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were chasing. 21. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$She ..... (twist) her ankle while jogging. A) Were twisting. B) Were twisted. C) Was twisting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was twisting. 22. Was Andra ..... (drive) when you ..... (call) him? A) Driving, were calling. B) Drove, called. C) Driving, called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driving, called. 23. Fill in the blank:'They were watching TV when the lights ..... (go) out.' A) Went. B) Was going. C) Will go. D) Is going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 24. Which time expression is used with the past continuous tense to indicate a specific time in the past? A) Before. B) During. C) After. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At. 25. My dad found some money while he ..... his suitcase. A) Packing. B) Package. C) Are packing. D) Was packing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was packing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Continuous Tense Quiz 1Past Continuous Tense Quiz 2Past Continuous Tense Quiz 3Past Continuous Tense Quiz 5Past Continuous Tense Quiz 6Past Continuous Tense Quiz 7Past Continuous Tense Quiz 8Past Continuous Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books