This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 48 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She needed help because someone ..... her money. A) Steal. B) Stole. C) Had stolen. D) Has stolen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had stolen. 2. In a story, a writer says, 'The rain was falling softly, and a lone car was driving down the empty street.' What is the main job of the past continuous tense in this sentence? A) To show a very quick, sudden action. B) To give a command to the reader. C) To describe the background and set the scene. D) To list events in the order they finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe the background and set the scene. 3. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$She ..... (write) an email when the lights went out. A) Was wrote. B) Was writing. C) Is writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was writing. 4. You ..... singing a song. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 5. Nuki:What was your sister doing when you arrived home last night?Rendra:She ..... in the kitchen. A) Cooks. B) Has cooking. C) Was cooking. D) Cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cooking. 6. While I ..... TV last night a small mouse ..... across the room. A) Was watching; was running. B) Watched; ran. C) Watched; was running. D) Was watching; ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching; ran. 7. Yesterday, who ..... you ..... for while you were working? A) Were, looking. B) Was, looking. C) Did, look. D) Do, looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, looking. 8. Shh The baby (sleep) ..... A) Is sleeping. B) Sleeps. C) Sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is sleeping. 9. We were walking in the mountains when we ..... (see) a strange animal. A) Seed. B) Saw. C) Seen. D) Stoped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 10. Your friend asks, 'Were you sleeping when I called you at noon?' If you were not sleeping, what is the correct short answer? A) No, I didn't. B) No, I wasn't. C) No, I weren't. D) No, I not sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, I wasn't. 11. 9] A: ..... you ..... when I knocked the door? B:No, ..... A) Were / eating / I wasn't. B) Was / ate / I weren't. C) Did / eat / I didn't. D) Were / eating / I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were / eating / I wasn't. 12. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$$^{}$He ..... (sleep) when the alarm went off. A) Was sleeping. B) Is sleeping. C) Was sleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 13. While my mother ..... , my father ..... A) Was washing, was watching. B) Was washing, was watching. C) Washed, was watching. D) Washed, watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was washing, was watching. 14. When we heard the news, we ..... at the canteen. A) Are eating. B) Is eating. C) Are eating. D) Were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were eating. 15. When the children were visiting the zoo, an elephant ..... A) Was escaping. B) Was escaped. C) Escaped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Escaped. 16. Which word best connects these two ideas? 'I was listening to music ..... the fire alarm suddenly went off.' A) While. B) During. C) As. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 17. While Anne ..... (count) the apples, Tom ..... (write) the exercise. A) Was counting / was writing. B) Counted / wrote. C) Was counting / wrote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was counting / was writing. 18. All yesterday morning my parents ..... A) Are sleeping. B) Were sleeping. C) Slept. D) Sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sleeping. 19. We ..... at the playground although it was raining. A) Were playing. B) Are playing. C) Is playing. D) Am played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 20. The aeroplane ..... over the building this morning. A) Fly. B) Flies. C) Flying. D) Flew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flew. 21. Mereka sedang mengerjakan latihan Bahasa inggris kemarin A) They were doing English Exercise yesterday. B) They doing English Exercise yesterday. C) They was doing English Exercise yesterday. D) They were do English Exercise yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were doing English Exercise yesterday. 22. Where ..... you eat yesterday? A) Do. B) Does. C) Did. D) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 23. ..... ( everybody/have) fun? A) Were everybody haveing. B) Were everybody having. C) Was everybody having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was everybody having. 24. The boy ..... off the couch in the morning. A) Fell. B) Felt. C) Falls. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fell. 25. Was she ..... Zenzen at this time last week? A) Know. B) Knowed. C) Was knowing. D) Knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knowing. ← 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