This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 55 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form in the past continuous tense:Hafiz didn't go out yesterday because it ..... all day. A) Was raining. B) Were raining. C) Is raining. D) Raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining. 2. The athletes ..... at 5 o'clock this morning. A) Didn't exercise. B) Wasn't exercising. C) Weren't exercising. D) Doesn't exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't exercising. 3. Choose the correct form of Past Continuous Tense in interrogative or question (?) A) Were you calling me last night?. B) Was you watching TV yesterday?. C) Were they wash the shoes last sunday?. D) Was he not playing basketball yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you calling me last night?. 4. My mother ..... (cook) when we arrived at home. A) Was cook. B) Was cooking. C) Was cooked. D) Were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 5. She ..... (read) a book while she ..... (wait) for the bus. A) Read. B) Wait. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Read. 6. Complete the sentence:My little brother ..... a picture in his notebook all morning. A) Was drawing. B) Were drawing. C) Is drawing. D) Drawed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was drawing. 7. The kids ..... (not / play) soccer because they had exams. A) Were not play. B) Were not playing. C) Were not played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were not playing. 8. Complete the sentence with the verbs in the Past Continuous Tense form.A:What ..... your mum ..... yesterday evening? B:She ..... the dinner then. A) Were doing; were making. B) Was doing; was making. C) Is doing; is making. D) Did do; made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing; was making. 9. Identify the sentence that uses the past continuous tense. A) She had been reading the book before the class started. B) She was reading the book when the class started. C) She reads the book every day. D) She will read the book tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was reading the book when the class started. 10. Something strange happened while we were camping A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 11. When I arrived at the airport, Tony ..... to Korea. I was late to see him. A) Was going. B) Had gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone. 12. The astronaut ..... a uniform last Wednesday. A) Wears. B) Wore. C) Was wearing. D) Were wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wore. 13. ..... the shop assistants cleaning the store at 9 pm yesterday? A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 14. Which question is correctly formed in the past continuous tense? A) You were doing what?. B) What you were doing?. C) What were you doing?. D) What did you were doing?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What were you doing?. 15. When I looked in the window, some people ..... lunch. A) Was eat. B) Were eat. C) Were eating. D) Was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were eating. 16. My son got injured while he ..... basketball last Saturday. A) Played. B) Was playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 17. What is the correct form of the verb in this sentence:'When I called, they ..... dinner.' A) Had eaten. B) Were eating. C) Eat. D) Are eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were eating. 18. England ..... any of their games before they played in the quarter-finals. A) Weren't losing. B) Hadn't lost. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't lost. 19. ..... you ..... anything when I ..... you? A) Did / do / was calling. B) Are / doing / called. C) Were / doing / called. D) Were / doing / calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / doing / called. 20. Anna and Zezen were playing basket ball when their father ..... back A) Came. B) Comes. C) Come. D) Coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came. 21. John arrived while I ..... A) Slept. B) Was sleeping. C) Sleep. D) Were slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sleeping. 22. While Jessi ..... a cartoon, he ..... asleep. A) Was watched / fell. B) Was watching / felt. C) Watched / was falling. D) Was watching / fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching / fell. 23. Ron ..... his room when he heard the noise. (clean) A) Cleans. B) Was cleaning. C) Is cleaning. D) Cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cleaned. 24. Andi was helping him when his father ..... hard at home A) Working. B) Works. C) Worked. D) Is working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working. 25. It (rain) ..... all the day. A) Was raining. B) Were raining. C) Was rain. D) Were rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining. ← 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