This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 49 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What ..... you ..... when the phone rang? A) Are doing. B) Were doing. C) Did do. D) Do do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were doing. 2. I ..... (take) a course last semester. A) Was taking. B) Is taking. C) Takes. D) Taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 3. Jenny and Jessica ..... in the pool last Wednesday. A) Swim. B) Swam. C) Was swimming. D) Were swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were swimming. 4. Everyone was ..... not to look shocked when the bride fell down. A) Trying. B) Try. C) Tried. D) Tries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trying. 5. Q:Were you hiking alone when the snake bit you?A:Yes, ..... A) I was. B) I wasn't. C) I were. D) You were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was. 6. Choose the correct translation of the following sentence:I had A) Yo tengo (presente). B) Yo tuve (pasado). C) Yo era (pasado). D) Yo soy (presente). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yo tuve (pasado). 7. On Friday at 1 pm, the psychologist ..... to a couple. A) Was walking. B) Was washing. C) Was eating. D) Was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was talking. 8. ..... the plumber ..... a dishwasher at 3 pm yesterday? A) Was, fixing. B) Were, fixing. C) Did, fix. D) Does, fix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, fixing. 9. Find the affirmative sentence in the past continuous tense. A) She was studying for her exam. B) She has been studying for her exam. C) She will be studying for her exam. D) She is studying for her exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was studying for her exam. 10. Find the correctly written sentence using the past continuous tense. A) I did not going to the party last night. B) I was studied for the exam yesterday. C) I were not cooking dinner at 6 pm. D) I was not studying for the exam yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was not studying for the exam yesterday. 11. The school gardener ..... in the school garden yesterday evening. A) Were digging. B) Was digging. C) Is digging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was digging. 12. My teacher ..... the exercise to me A) Was explaining. B) Were explaining. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was explaining. 13. I ..... (read) a book while waiting for the bus A) Read. B) Am reading. C) Was reading. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 14. Select the correct answerMy aunt Lisa ..... T.V. yesterday when I arrived. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Was watched. D) Were watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 15. I ..... (was reading/readingl/reads) a book when my mom called me A) Was reading. B) Reading. C) Reads. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 16. I ..... my blouse as my sister came back from work. A) Wore. B) Were wearing. C) Was wearing. D) Is wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was wearing. 17. Complete the sentence:He ..... attention in class, so he missed the teacher's instructions. A) Isn't paying. B) Weren't paying. C) Wasn't paying. D) Not paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't paying. 18. People said that the Earth ..... flat. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 19. I ..... (know) many students while I ..... (work) in the school. A) Knew / was working. B) Knew / worked. C) Was knowing / worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knew / was working. 20. Nina ..... books. A) Was reading. B) Was cooking. C) Was watching. D) Was listening to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 21. While we ..... (walk) with my umbrella, we ..... (find) a coin. A) Walked, was finding. B) Was walking, found. C) Walked, were finding. D) Were walking, found. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were walking, found. 22. Claudia ..... to attend art classes. A) Used. B) Was using. C) Use. D) Was use. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used. 23. ..... the ducks ..... in the pond? A) Were, swimming. B) Was, diving. C) Was, living. D) Were, cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, swimming. 24. While he ..... (watch) the news, his friends ..... (appear). A) Watched / appeared. B) Was watching / appeared. C) Was watching / was appearing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching / appeared. 25. He ..... away when he saw me. A) Walk. B) Walks. C) Walked. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walked. ← 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