This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 51 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They didn't win the match although they ..... every morning. A) Were training. B) Had trained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had trained. 2. It (snow) heavily when he (wake) up. A) Was snowing/ woke. B) Snowed/ woke. C) Snowed/ woked. D) Snowed/ was waking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was snowing/ woke. 3. David Beckham ..... with his friends just now. A) Is walking. B) Are walking. C) Was walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was walking. 4. She ..... ( watch ) tv when I arrived A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Is watching. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 5. While we ..... (listened/listens/were listening) to music, someone knocked on the door A) Listened. B) Were listening. C) Listens. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were listening. 6. Belinda ..... her house when we came home. A) Were tidying. B) Tidied. C) Was tidying. D) Tidies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was tidying. 7. What ..... your classmates doing at 5 o'clock last Sunday? A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 8. The gnomes ..... sitting on the toadstools when Rosemary passed by. A) Was sitting. B) Were sitting. C) Is sitting. D) Are sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sitting. 9. Choose the Grammar structure of past continuous tense ..... A) Subject + was/were + Ving + Object. B) Subject + V2 + object. C) Subject + have/has + been + Ving + object. D) Subject + V1/es + Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject + was/were + Ving + Object. 10. Maria ..... when I arrived at her home. A) Slept. B) Was sleeping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sleeping. 11. We ..... our school when he came ini. A) Were talking. B) Talked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were talking. 12. What (they/do) at 10pm last night-it was really noisy? A) What were they doing at 10 pm last night-it was really noisy?. B) What did they do at 10 pm last night-it was really noisy?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What were they doing at 10 pm last night-it was really noisy?. 13. First I ..... , then I ..... breakfast. A) Got up / was having. B) Was getting up / was having. C) Was getting up / had. D) Got up / had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got up / had. 14. What ..... (you/do) at 8 PM last night A) Did you do. B) Were you doing. C) You did. D) You are doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 15. We ..... the classroom at 2 o'clock yesterday. A) Weren't cleaning. B) Was cleaning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't cleaning. 16. I ..... my work at six o'clock yesterday. A) Finish. B) Finished. C) Finishes. D) Was finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was finishing. 17. Susan was checking her book ..... A) Now. B) Last night. C) Everyday. D) Tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last night. 18. Which question is in the past continuous tense? A) What have you done at 8 o'clock yesterday?. B) What were you doing at 8 o'clock last night?. C) What are you doing at 8 o'clock tonight?. D) What will you do at 8 o'clock tomorrow?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What were you doing at 8 o'clock last night?. 19. Which sentence makes more sense? A) We had a picnic when it began to rain. B) We were having a picnic when it began to rain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We were having a picnic when it began to rain. 20. Somebody threw a shoe at him while he ..... speaking. A) Were. B) When. C) While. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 21. ..... she ..... last night when I ..... you? A) Was she sleeping / was texting. B) Did she sleep / was texting. C) Did she sleep / texted. D) Was she sleeping / texted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was she sleeping / texted. 22. Complete the sentence to show irritation about a past habit:My little brother ..... my things without asking. It drove me crazy! A) Was always taking. B) Always took. C) Is always taking. D) Always takes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was always taking. 23. She ..... (talk) to John on the phone when I ..... (walk) in. A) Was talking, walked. B) Talked, was walking. C) Were talking, walked. D) Talked, were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking, walked. 24. The kids played in the park while their parents were watching them. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. The blue team ..... before the event started. A) Warms up. B) Is warmed up. C) Were warming up. D) Was warming up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was warming up. ← 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