This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 56 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The armies were going to Ladakh when the enemy ..... them. A) Attacked. B) Attack. C) Were attacking. D) Are attacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attacked. 2. What ..... the author ..... at 9 pm last night? A) Does, write. B) Did, write. C) Was, writing. D) Were, writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was, writing. 3. What ..... you ..... at 8 pm yesterday? A) Are doing. B) Were doing. C) Did do. D) Do do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were doing. 4. Anna:What was your mother doing when you arrived home last night?Zenzen:She ..... in the kitchen A) Cooks. B) Is cooking. C) Has been cooking. D) Was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking. 5. The doctor ..... the babies right now. A) Was vaccinating. B) Is vaccinating. C) Are vaccinating. D) Were vaccinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is vaccinating. 6. While I ..... TV, the lights ..... out. A) Watch go. B) Was watching went. C) Watched were going. D) Am watching go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching went. 7. I and my classmates were studying English yesterday afternoon.change into negative form (-) A) I wasn't and my classmates were studying English yesterday afternoon. B) I and my classmates wasn't studying English yesterdy afternoon. C) I and my classmates weren't studying English yesterday afternoon. D) I and my classmates not were studying English yesterday afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I and my classmates weren't studying English yesterday afternoon. 8. Identify the sentence that uses the past perfect tense. A) They were watching TV when the power went out. B) They had watched TV before the power went out. C) They watch TV every evening. D) They are watching TV now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had watched TV before the power went out. 9. The children ..... the game before buying it. A) Was testing. B) Tested. C) Was tested. D) Test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tested. 10. I ..... work when he stopped. A) Am starting. B) Was starting. C) Am started. D) Were started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was starting. 11. Choose the sentence in Past Continuous! A) I am not cooking the fish. B) Bonny is on her way. C) She wasn't listening to the teacher. D) Was he handsome?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wasn't listening to the teacher. 12. Were you ..... to me? A) Listen. B) Listening. C) Are listening. D) Were listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listening. 13. Mrs Yogeswaran ..... cleaning the house the whole morning. A) Do. B) Is. C) Has. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 14. When I ..... into the room, everyone ..... A) Walk., work. B) Walked, was working. C) Walk, working. D) Was walking, worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walked, was working. 15. What is the correct form of the verb in this sentence:'By the time we arrived, they ..... eating.' A) Had finished. B) Were finishing. C) Finish. D) Are finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 16. I ..... singing the new song in my bedroom last night. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 17. The teacher gave Robbie a zero because he ..... in the exam. A) Cheated. B) Had cheated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had cheated. 18. I ..... sleeping when you called. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 19. Tania ..... her favorite dish while her daughter was studying her English. A) Cooked. B) Is cooking. C) Was cooking. D) Cooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cooking. 20. I ..... the television when the earthquake happened. A) Was watched. B) Were watched. C) Were watching. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching. 21. They ..... (talked/were talking/was talking) when the teacher entered the class A) Talked. B) Were talking. C) Was talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were talking. 22. A:Were you and friends doing homework at 5 PM last Sunday.B Yes, ..... A) We, are. B) We, were. C) They, are. D) They, were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We, were. 23. The kid ..... to build a snowman. A) Was trying. B) Was destroying. C) Was crying. D) Was cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was trying. 24. What ..... you ..... last night when I phoned to you? A) Was having. B) Were sleeping. C) Was doing. D) Were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were doing. 25. Nobody ..... when the thief stole the laptop. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Was watched. D) Were watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. ← 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