This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 41 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While Tom ..... the piano, his mother ..... the washing-up. A) Was playing/ was doing. B) Is playing/ is doing. C) Played/ did. D) Was playing/ did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was playing/ did. 2. What did you say? I ..... to you. A) Am not listening. B) Wasn't listening. C) Didn't listening. D) Don't listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't listening. 3. They ..... (not play) tennis at 11 am. yesterday. A) Were not playing. B) Was not playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were not playing. 4. Complete the sentence:At 7 PM last night, I ..... my homework. A) Do. B) Was doing. C) Were doing. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 5. Ilyas and his brother ..... drinking chocolate milk when his cousin slept. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 6. My best friend ..... (not/call) me yesterday A) Not calling. B) Was not calling. C) Were not calling. D) Didn't calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was not calling. 7. What / your / dog / eat (Past Continuous) A) What your dog did eat?. B) What your dog was eating?. C) What was your dog eating?. D) What did your dog eat?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What was your dog eating?. 8. I was listening to the radio when Adam ..... A) Phoned. B) Phone. C) Phones. D) Was phoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phoned. 9. What is the correct past continuous form of 'play' for Raju? A) Raju is playing. B) Raju was playing. C) Raju plays. D) Raju were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raju was playing. 10. Complete the sentence to form a negative statement:I missed the call because my phone ..... working properly. A) Isn't. B) Weren't. C) Didn't. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't. 11. The verb in Past Continuous Tense describes actions taking place ..... A) In the future. B) N the present. C) In the past. D) None of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the past. 12. Father ..... TV when he ..... the news. A) Was watching; heard. B) Watched; was hearing. C) Watched; heard. D) Were watching; heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching; heard. 13. Mike:Hi Clara, what were you doing last night?Clara:I ..... music A) Was listening. B) Listened. C) Am listening. D) Am listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was listening. 14. What is the-ing form of 'help'? A) Helping. B) Helpping. C) Helling. D) Helped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helping. 15. Were you ..... when I called you last night? A) Were slept. B) Slept. C) Sleep. D) Sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleeping. 16. Miss Lam ..... (cut) her finger when she ..... (peel) the apple. A) Cutted, was peeling. B) Was cutting, peeled. C) Cut, was peeling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut, was peeling. 17. We use Past continuous tense A) For an action is happening in the present. B) For an action that has already happened in the past. C) For the action that will happen in the future. D) To talk about actions in progress around a particular time in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To talk about actions in progress around a particular time in the past. 18. Which of these shows the correct way to build the past continuous tense? A) Verb +-ed. B) Was/were + verb. C) Was/were + verb-ing. D) Will + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was/were + verb-ing. 19. Henry ..... when I went to his house yesterday. A) Was bathing. B) Were bathing. C) Bathed. D) Bathes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was bathing. 20. I ..... when I heard a loud knock on the door. A) Is sleeping. B) Am sleeping. C) Was sleeping. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping. 21. What ..... Add and Helen ..... when you broke the glass? A) Are / doing. B) Was / doing. C) Were / doing. D) Did / did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / doing. 22. Choose the correct answer.You ..... to what I ..... A) Did not listen, saying. B) Not listen, was saying. C) Was not listening, said. D) Did not listen, was saying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did not listen, was saying. 23. Last week when ..... (I/shop) in a bookstore, I saw a book I've been looking for. A) I was shoping. B) I was shopping. C) I was shopped. D) I am shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was shopping. 24. Sit +ing A) Siting. B) Sitting. C) Siteing. D) Seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sitting. 25. She was surfing ..... the shark attacked her A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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