This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 40 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The thief ..... (jump) out of the house, ..... (see) a police and ..... (run) away. A) Jumped, saw, ran. B) Was jumping, seeing, ran. C) Was jumping, seeing, running. D) Jumped, saw and was running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jumped, saw, ran. 2. ..... at 3.00 yesterday afternoon? A) Was you sleeping. B) Were you sleeping. C) Did you sleep. D) Do you sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you sleeping. 3. At five o'clock this morning she ..... (do) her homework A) Were doing. B) Did. C) Was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 4. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The cat ..... (scratch) the furniture when I caught it. A) Scratched. B) Was scratching. C) Was scratch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was scratching. 5. Was he ..... (speak) German? A) Speaked. B) Speaking. C) Speak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaking. 6. Past Continuous Tense is ..... A) Aktifitas yang sedang berlangsung. B) Aktifitas yang sudah berlalu. C) Aktifitas yang sedang berlalu. D) Aktifitas yang sedang terjadi di masa lampau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aktifitas yang sedang terjadi di masa lampau. 7. My friends weren't listening to the teacher when she explained the lesson.The sentence above belongs to ..... A) Imperative sentence. B) Positive sentence. C) Negative sentence. D) Interrogative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative sentence. 8. I ..... (watch) the match on TV when the phone ..... (ring). A) Was watching, rang. B) Were watching, rang. C) Watched, was ringing. D) Watched, were ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching, rang. 9. While Reno ..... , his sister called. A) Game playing. B) Playing game. C) Was playing game. D) Was play game. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing game. 10. 1] I ..... homework at 10 p.m. yesterday. A) Was do. B) Was doing. C) Was done. D) Were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 11. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The baby ..... (giggle) while playing with the puppy. A) Were giggling. B) Was giggled. C) Was giggling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was giggling. 12. Joe and Lanna (read) ..... books at 8 p.m yesterday. A) Read. B) Reads. C) Was reading. D) Were reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were reading. 13. When the telephone ..... , I was taking a bath. A) Were ringing. B) Is ringing. C) Rings. D) Rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rang. 14. Joseph ..... (ride) a camel for the whole morning yesterday. A) Were riding. B) Are riding. C) Was riding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was riding. 15. Sasi ..... eating a bowl when her sister called her. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 16. True or False:The sentence 'My friends waiting for me at the mall' is a complete and correct sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. They ..... (play) tennis at 11 a.m yesterday. A) Was playing. B) Are playing. C) Is playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 18. Adela ..... while the other girls ..... . A) Is dancing / are dancing. B) Was dancing / was singing. C) Was dancing / were singing. D) Were dancing / were singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was dancing / were singing. 19. Rina:Wow ..... That was, like, fast. They ..... any materials when they arrived for the first time, right? A) Were not preparing. B) Was not preparing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were not preparing. 20. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$The dog ..... (dig) a hole when its owner called it. A) Was dugging. B) Was dug. C) Was digging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was digging. 21. At eight a o'clock last night, I ..... a novel. A) Am reading. B) Were reading. C) Was reading. D) Did reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 22. When she ..... (cook) dinner yesterday evening, she accidently cut her hand. A) Cooked. B) Were cooking. C) Cooks. D) Was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking. 23. She was ..... a beuatiful scenery A) Paint. B) Painting. C) Paints. D) Painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painting. 24. Farah ..... cooking with her mother yesterday A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 25. My friend Sandy and I ..... (chat) outside the school when the firemen arrived. A) Were chatting. B) Was chating. C) Were chat. D) Chatting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were chatting. ← 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