This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At 6.20 am today, my father ..... driving to send me to school. A) Was. B) Am. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 2. What were they doing this time yesterday?they ..... ( work) ..... on the computer. A) Are working. B) Is working. C) Was working. D) Were working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were working. 3. The referee blew the whistle while he ..... the ball. A) Kicking. B) Were kicking. C) Was kicking. D) Are kicking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was kicking. 4. Yesterday ..... Sunday, Nam got up at six. A) Was. B) Were. C) Went. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 5. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.sit A) Sat. B) Sitted. C) Sit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sat. 6. Read this sentence:'As I was searching for my keys, I found a ten-dollar bill in my pocket.' What is the main function of the past continuous phrase 'was searching'? A) To show a completed action in the distant past. B) To describe an ongoing background action that was interrupted by a discovery. C) To express a habit that is no longer true. D) To ask a question about a past event. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To describe an ongoing background action that was interrupted by a discovery. 7. When the phone ..... , I was cleaning my room. A) Was ringing. B) Rang. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 8. Complete the sentence to show an interrupted action:We ..... the game on TV when the pizza delivery arrived. A) Watched. B) Are watching. C) Were watching. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were watching. 9. ..... you still working at 7pm last night? A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 10. The boys ..... mangoes when the watchman saw them. A) Are stealing. B) Were stealing. C) Is stealing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were stealing. 11. While the boys ..... football, it started to rain. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Played. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 12. It is half past eleven A) 6.30. B) 12.00. C) 12.30. D) 11.30. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6.30. 13. Who ..... eating hamburgers in the library now? A) Is. B) Am. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 14. The Scouts ( were camping, are camping ) in the jungle. A) Were camping. B) Are camping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are camping. 15. Pilihlah bentuk V$_{2 }$yang sesuai untuk kata berikut ini.receive A) Received. B) Receiving. C) Receivied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Received. 16. Sophia ..... for the bus. A) Was waiting. B) Has waiting. C) Were waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was waiting. 17. Grandpa ..... some old coins when he was working in the garden. A) Was finding. B) Found. C) Did find. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found. 18. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:}$He ..... (mumble) in his sleep when I heard a strange sound. A) Was mumbling. B) Was mumble. C) Were mumbled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was mumbling. 19. The firecrackers ..... when the police came. A) Was exploding. B) Were exploding. C) Were explodeing. D) Exploding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were exploding. 20. Peter:Why didn't Araya pass test last year?Army:I think she ..... hard all last yeas. A) Didn't study. B) Doesn't study. C) Wasn't studying. D) Isn't studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't studying. 21. Hello Anna, what ..... (you / do) when I called you last night? A) Do you do. B) Did you do. C) Didn't do. D) Were you doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you doing. 22. Past continuous tense digunakan dalam menyatakan suatu aktifitas yang ..... A) Sedang berlangsung di masa lalu. B) Sudah terjadi di masa lalu. C) Berulang-ulang di masa lalu. D) Merupakan kebiasaan di masa lalu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedang berlangsung di masa lalu. 23. She ..... at 5 p.m. yesterday. A) Were working. B) Was working. C) Working. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working. 24. He was standing at the bus-stop when he ..... the accident. A) Witnessed. B) Witnesses. C) Withnessed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Witnessed. 25. Yesterday, at 11:00 o'clock, I ..... football. A) Am playing. B) Play. C) Was play. D) Playing. E) Was playing. 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