This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence to show one action interrupting another:The doorbell rang just as we ..... the movie. A) Were starting. B) Started. C) Was starting. D) Start. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were starting. 2. All of you ..... just now. A) Was hiding. B) Is hiding. C) Are hiding. D) Were hiding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were hiding. 3. As we ..... (walk) in the park. It ..... (start) to rain. A) Walked, started. B) Walked, was starting. C) Were walking, was starting. D) Were walking, started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were walking, started. 4. I ..... walking home when I saw the car accident. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 5. Several houses ..... (build) by the construction workers last week. A) Were being built. B) Was building. C) Had been built. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were being built. 6. What ..... you doing when I ..... you last night? A) Did, was. B) Were, called. C) Are, calling. D) Is, called. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were, called. 7. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .(Interrogative sentences)}$ ..... the children ..... (draw) pictures during the lesson? A) Were, drawing. B) Was, drawing. C) Were, drawn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, drawing. 8. They ..... throwing the ball. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 9. Were you hard working last week? A) Yes, I was. B) Yes, I wasn't. C) Yes, I am. D) Yes, I do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I was. 10. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form in the past continuous tense:The athletes ..... very hard for the sports event last week. A) Practiced. B) Was practicing. C) Practicing. D) Were practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were practicing. 11. Kevin ..... (run) around the park on Tuesday. A) Was running. B) Were runing. C) Was runing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was running. 12. As Dan ..... into the bus, it suddenly started to move. A) Was getting. B) Were getting. C) Gets. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was getting. 13. While I ..... (wait) for the bus, she called me. A) Were waiting. B) Was waited. C) Was waitting. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was waiting. 14. She was ..... the movie while her mother was ..... for dinner yesterday. A) Watched, cooked. B) Watching, cook. C) Watch, cooking. D) Watching, cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watching, cooking. 15. It ..... (rain) when I got up this morning. A) Are raining. B) Am raining. C) Was raining. D) Were raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was raining. 16. True or False:You can use the past continuous with 'always' to show that something was annoying, like in the sentence:'He was always leaving his wet towel on the floor.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. My client and I slowly ..... back to the car last night A) Was walking. B) Were walking. C) Walk. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. 18. Right now I'm in class. I (sit) ..... at my desk. A) Sits. B) Sitting. C) Am sitting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am sitting. 19. The children ..... seeds last week. (sow) A) Is sowing. B) Were sow. C) Are sowing. D) Were sowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sowing. 20. Our pool pump ..... running properly after the storm. A) Had not been. B) Have not been. C) Has not been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not been. 21. He has ..... hats in his bedroom A) An. B) A. C) Any. D) Some. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some. 22. I ..... (not/listen) to him when he spoke in front of the class. A) Wasn't listen. B) Wasn't listening. C) Not listening. D) Not listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't listening. 23. George ..... a book when Fred suddenly ..... at the door. A) Read; knocked. B) Was reading; was knocking. C) Read; was knocking. D) Was reading; knocked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading; knocked. 24. He ..... wearing his black suit last night. A) Shouldn't. B) Doesn't. C) Hasn't. D) Wasn't. E) Isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't. 25. What ..... Chloe and Grace ..... when you broke the glass? A) Are / doing. B) Was / doing. C) Were / doing. D) Did / did. 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