This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 46 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... you visiting the patient at the hospital yesterday? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 2. True or False:The sentence 'She were reading a book' uses the past continuous tense correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. The children were wet because they (play) football in the rain. A) Had played. B) Had been playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been playing. 4. ..... Mr. Chaniago scoring our test last week? A) Are. B) Was. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 5. She ..... to school, ..... out her text book and ..... to learn. A) Gone/ took/ began. B) Was going/ took/ began. C) Went/ took/ began. D) Went/ took/ begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went/ took/ began. 6. Select the correct way to turn this statement into a Yes/No question:'They were building a sandcastle.' A) Did they were building a sandcastle?. B) Were they building a sandcastle?. C) They were building a sandcastle?. D) Was they building a sandcastle?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were they building a sandcastle?. 7. Everyone ..... in the office at 3 p.m. A) Is working. B) Are working. C) Was working. D) Were working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working. 8. Which sentence best uses the past continuous tense to set the scene for a story? A) A strong wind blew. B) The sun was setting, and a cool wind was blowing through the trees. C) The sun set and the wind blew. D) The sun has set. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun was setting, and a cool wind was blowing through the trees. 9. My mother ..... (prepare) dinner in the kitchen when I came home. A) Was preparing. B) Were preparing. C) Is preparing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was preparing. 10. Mr. Sukirman ..... teaching ..... students from the distance yesterday. A) Is-his. B) Was-his. C) Are-their. D) Were-their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was-his. 11. What isn't time expression of Past Continuous Tense? A) At this time yesterday. B) At 10 o'clock last night. C) At 6 pm this morning. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Today. 12. Why ..... Paul having lunch at 4 o'clock in the afternoon? A) Was. B) Does. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 13. Choose the correct answer.We ..... a test when the fire alarm ..... off. A) Were doing, went. B) Was doing, went. C) Did, went. D) Do, go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were doing, went. 14. Complete the conversation. A:'Why didn't you answer your phone?' B:'Sorry, I ..... a shower when you called.' A) Take. B) Took. C) Was taking. D) Were taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was taking. 15. The farmers were ..... paddy at the last rain season A) Planted. B) Plant. C) Planting. D) Plans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planting. 16. Mona: ..... Rudi: "Yes, I was meeting my mom in the market yesterday" A) Was I meeting my mom in the market yesterday?. B) Were I meeting my mom in the market yesterday?. C) Were you meeting your mom in the market yesterday?. D) Was you meeting your mom in the market yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you meeting your mom in the market yesterday?. 17. What is the-ing form of 'lie'? A) Lieing. B) Lieeing. C) Liing. D) Lying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lying. 18. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.cry A) Cryd. B) Cryed. C) Cried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cried. 19. We ..... (run) to the station when the train arrived. A) Ran. B) Were running. C) Ran. D) Was running. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were running. 20. Thomas ..... watching television yesterday but he was watching in theatre A) Was. B) Weren't. C) Wasn't. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't. 21. The thief was ..... to the policeman all afternoon. (lie) A) Lyeing. B) Lying. C) Lieing. D) Lie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lying. 22. Complete the question:What ..... you ..... when the power went out? A) Was, do. B) Were, doing. C) Did, do. D) Were, do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were, doing. 23. I waved to her but she ..... (look). A) Wasn't looking. B) Isn't looking. C) Aren't looking. D) Weren't looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't looking. 24. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence:'They ..... (play) soccer when it started to rain.' A) Were playing. B) Are playing. C) Was playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 25. ..... were taking some books from the library an hour ago A) Mira and Aqila. B) Mira. C) Aqila. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mira and Aqila. ← 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