This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 58 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 58 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The people on the plane ..... when it almost crashed. A) Was sleep. B) Was sleeping. C) Were sleep. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sleeping. 2. Choose the correct sentence.A:Awwal is reading a book last Saturday.B:Awwal was reading a book last Saturday. A) Sentence A is correct. Sentence B is wrong. B) Sentence B is correct. Sentence A is wrong. C) Both sentences are correct. D) Both sentences are wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence B is correct. Sentence A is wrong. 3. True or False:The word 'while' is typically used to connect two long, ongoing actions that were happening at the same time in the past, as in 'I was doing my homework while my brother was playing video games.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. I ..... in Australia next year. A) Is studying. B) Were studying. C) Am studying. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am studying. 5. ..... ( he/live) in Paris at the time? A) Was he liveing in Paris at the time?. B) Was he living in Paris at the time?. C) Were he living in Paris at the time?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was he living in Paris at the time?. 6. While she ..... (sing), I ..... (play) the piano. A) Sang / played. B) Was singing / was playing. C) Was singing / played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was singing / was playing. 7. What ..... you doing yesterday? A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 8. We ..... dinner when the guests arrived. A) Have. B) Had. C) Were having. D) Are having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were having. 9. ..... (you / climb) up the mountain when you (see) the snake? A) Was you climb, saw. B) Was you climbing, saw. C) Were you climbing, saw. D) Were you climbing, seing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you climbing, saw. 10. The cats ..... at the end of the corridor. A) Was fighting. B) Is fighting. C) Were fighting. D) Are fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were fighting. 11. The children ..... hide and seek in the park when the it rained A) Were playing. B) Plays. C) Played. D) Is playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 12. Ronaldo ..... the plants. A) Has been watered. B) Is watering. C) Was watered. D) Was watering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is watering. 13. He ..... his car when the phone rang. A) Was washing. B) Was washed. C) Washing. D) Washed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was washing. 14. He ..... while she was sitting. A) Were standing. B) Was standing. C) Was stand. D) Standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was standing. 15. Complete the sentence with the correct option: ..... the boy ..... his vegetables? A) Were/ eating. B) Was / eating. C) Were/ ate. D) Was/ ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was / eating. 16. I ..... at the blackboard at that moment. A) Was looking. B) Look. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was looking. 17. When we came in, the children ..... their desks. A) Were cleaning. B) Cleaned. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were cleaning. 18. I ..... to the station when I ..... John. A) Walked / met. B) Was walking / was meeting. C) Were walking / met. D) Was walking / met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was walking / met. 19. While Kate ..... (drink) some milk, she ..... (drop) the glass. A) Drank, was dropping. B) Was drinking, dropped. C) Drank, were dropping. D) Were drinking, dropped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was drinking, dropped. 20. ..... it ..... when you left the house? A) Does rain. B) Did rain. C) Was raining. D) Is raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was raining. 21. Lucy ..... on the beach at six o'clock yesterday. A) Sat. B) Were sitting. C) Was sitting. D) Sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sitting. 22. What ..... yesterday? A) Are you doing. B) Is you doing. C) Were you doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you doing. 23. It ..... (start) to rain when we ..... (sit) on the bench. A) Started / sit. B) Was starting / sat. C) Started / were sitting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started / were sitting. 24. It was by sheer accident that I ..... into him. A) Bumping. B) Bump. C) Were bumping. D) Bumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bumped. 25. What time ..... (she/leave) A) Did she leave. B) Was she leaving. C) She is leaving. D) She left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was she leaving. ← 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