This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 57 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:My students ..... the lesson last class. A) Was study. B) Were study. C) Was studying. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were studying. 2. In 2015, we ..... (live) in a small house in Mexico city. A) Was live. B) Were live. C) Was living. D) Were living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were living. 3. He ..... his homework when his father came home. A) Were doing. B) Did. C) Was doing. D) Did do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 4. The telephone ..... (ring) when they ..... (have) lunch. A) Was ringing / were having. B) Rang / had. C) Rang / were having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rang / were having. 5. The player ..... (score) the goal while the referee ..... (look) the other way A) Scored, was looking. B) Scoring, was looking. C) Was scoring, looked. D) Scored, were looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scored, was looking. 6. Read the sentence:'The birds were chirping and the sun was shining as we walked into the park.' What is the main job of the past continuous tense here? A) To show a completed action. B) To ask a question about the past. C) To describe the background setting. D) To give a command. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe the background setting. 7. ..... they ..... tennis when it started to rain? A) Do play. B) Did play. C) Were playing. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 8. I ..... a shower when the doorbell rang. A) Take. B) Took. C) Was taking. D) Am taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was taking. 9. I (sit) in a cafe when you (call) A) I was sitting in a cafe when you called. B) I sat in a cafe when you were calling. C) I was sitting in the cafe when you were calling. D) I sat in the cafe when you called. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was sitting in a cafe when you called. 10. When you ..... the door and saw the new TV, you felt surprised. A) Opened. B) Was opening. C) Were opening. D) Opening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opened. 11. She ..... (was cooking/cooked/cooks) dinner when the phone rang A) Was cooking. B) Cooked. C) Cooks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 12. The weather was very nice to play outside. Some students decided to go out from the class and play. They didn't ask the teacher before going out. The teacher was angry because some students ..... football when he came in. A) Are playing. B) Played. C) Have played. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 13. While Vivi ..... , her brother ..... to music. A) Was working / was listening. B) Were working / were listening. C) Was working / listened. D) Worked / was listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was working / was listening. 14. Ask a question using the past continuous tense. A) What were you doing at 8 o'clock last night?. B) What have you done at 8 o'clock yesterday?. C) What are you doing at 8 o'clock tonight?. D) What will you do at 8 o'clock tomorrow?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What were you doing at 8 o'clock last night?. 15. What ..... you ..... when the accident happened? A) Are, do. B) Are, doing. C) Was, do. D) Were, doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were, doing. 16. Some crocodiles ..... towards Pak Pandir. He did not notice them. A) Is swimming. B) Are swimming. C) Was swimming. D) Were swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were swimming. 17. Yesterday midnight, I ..... noodle when the dog barked loudly. A) Was, eating. B) Were, eating. C) Am, eating. D) Is, eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, eating. 18. Dicky:I called you last night but there was no answer. Where were you?Vira:Sorry. I ..... when you called me last night. A) Sleep. B) Slept. C) Am sleeping. D) Was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slept. 19. Were the stedents ..... cleaning the class yesterday afternoon? A) Students. B) The girl. C) Waty. D) The boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Students. 20. Choose the sentences that are grammatically correct. You may choose more than 1 option. A) Kenny used to play the violin for the orchestra before he was changing to the cello. B) Kenny using to play the violin for the orchestra before he was changing to the cello. C) Kenny used to play the violin for the orchestra before he changed to the cello. D) Kenny was using to play the violin for the orchestra before he changed to the cello. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kenny used to play the violin for the orchestra before he changed to the cello. 21. We ..... (was watching/were watching/watched) TV when the doorbell rang A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Were watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were watching. 22. Who ..... the new rule to you the whole lesson yesterday? A) Was explaining. B) Explained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was explaining. 23. While he ..... (play) football, it started to rain A) Was playing. B) Played. C) Is playing. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing. 24. When Tom ..... on the door, mum was cooking in the kitchen. A) Knocks. B) Knocked. C) Was knocking. D) Were knocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knocked. 25. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense? A) I was cleaning the house when the guests arrived. B) I had cleaned the house before the guests arrived. C) I clean the house every weekend. D) I am cleaning the house now. 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