This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 42 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... home when the saw an accident. A) Was driving. B) Were driving. C) Drive. D) Drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were driving. 2. Complete the sentence:At 8 PM last night, I ..... a movie with my family. A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Watch. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 3. Sally and Tom ..... their homework at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. A) Was doing. B) Were doing. C) Does. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were doing. 4. What were you doing last summer? A) I don't remember, leawe me alone!!!. B) I was swimming. C) I was danceing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was swimming. 5. I ..... for my purse when I dropped my credit card. A) Looked. B) Looked. C) Was looked. D) Was looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was looking. 6. ..... they ..... (play) cricket when she ..... (cry) A) Were/playing/were. B) Was/playing/was. C) Were/playing/was. D) Was/playing/were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were/playing/was. 7. Choose the right affirmative (+) sentence A) Anna was playing video games all night long. B) Anna was play video games all night long. C) Anna were playing video games all night long. D) Anna was not playing video games all night long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anna was playing video games all night long. 8. When the lights ..... , I ..... A) Went out; was studying. B) Was going out; was studying. C) Went out; studied. D) Was going out; studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went out; was studying. 9. Choose the correct answer.When I last ..... Azim, he ..... the office. A) Saw, left. B) Saw, leaving. C) See, is leaving. D) Saw, was leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw, was leaving. 10. My teacher ( was teaching, is teaching ) us how to solve addition problems. A) Was teaching. B) Is teaching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is teaching. 11. I ..... cooking in the kitchen. A) Was. B) Were. C) Am. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 12. How do you form the Past Continuous Tense for singular subjects? A) Use 'is' + verb(-ing). B) Use 'was' + verb(-ing). C) Use 'were' + verb(-ing). D) Use 'has been' + verb(-ing). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use 'was' + verb(-ing). 13. Rahman ..... (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. 14. Which word correctly completes the sentence:The dogs ..... loudly in the backyard all afternoon. A) Was barking. B) Were barking. C) Is barking. D) Are barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were barking. 15. I ..... Paul at the library yesterday. A) Meet. B) Met. C) Was meeting. D) Were meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met. 16. Complete the sentence:At 10 p.m. last night, I ..... a book in my room. A) Was reading. B) Were reading. C) Did read. D) Am reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 17. The man ..... (guard) the king's treasure when the warriors found him. A) Guards. B) Were guarding. C) Was guarding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was guarding. 18. The phone rang ..... I was studying A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 19. I was ..... a story in my diary yesterday A) Taking. B) Writing. C) Listening. D) Talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writing. 20. Change this sentence into English:Aku tidak sedang mendengarkan radio selasa lalu A) I weren't listening radio last tuesday. B) I wasn't listening radio last tuesday. C) I was listening radio last tuesday. D) I not listening radio last tuesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I wasn't listening radio last tuesday. 21. Which one is the correct sentence structure for past continuous tense (active voice) A) Subject +had + past participle. B) Subject + will/shall + root word. C) Subject + am/is/are + verb-ing. D) Subject + was/were + verb-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject + was/were + verb-ing. 22. At 8:00, we began to work.At 8:30, we ..... A) Will work. B) Are working. C) Were working. D) Don't work. E) Have worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were working. 23. Medina wasn't sleeping but she ..... in the kitchen yesterday A) Were. B) Cooking. C) Were cooking. D) Was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking. 24. True or False:The sentence 'He was play soccer' is a grammatically correct example of the past continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Complete the sentence to show two simultaneous actions:He ..... the video game instructions ..... his friend was setting up the console. A) Read, when. B) Was reading, while. C) Was reading, when. D) Readed, while. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading, while. ← 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