This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 60 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are students doing ..... ? A) Yesterday. B) This morning. C) At the moment. D) Last two days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the moment. 2. Complete the sentence with the verb that best fits the time marker:At 8 p.m. last night, I ..... a movie with my family. A) Watch. B) Watched. C) Was watching. D) Am watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 3. He (be) in the shower when the telephone (ring). A) He was being in a shower when the telephone rang. B) He was in a shower when the telephone was ringing. C) He was being taking a shower when the telephone was ringing. D) He was in a shower when the telephone rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was in a shower when the telephone rang. 4. What were they wearing last time you met them? A) They wore black dresses. B) They were wearing black dresses. C) Yes, they were. D) No, they weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were wearing black dresses. 5. I ..... the house when I got home. It looked great. A) Cleaned. B) Had cleaned. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cleaned. 6. What were students doing at 10 am ..... ? A) Tonight. B) Next two days. C) Next week. D) Yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yesterday. 7. When we arrived, the match ..... We got there just in time and saw the whole match! A) Started. B) Had started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 8. I ..... (read) in bed last night when I ..... (hear) a strange noise. A) Read / heard. B) Read / was hearing. C) Was reading / heard. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading / heard. 9. I ..... past the shop this morning. A) Walks. B) Walk. C) Was walked. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. 10. Izzah was ..... the floor. A) Sweeping. B) Swept. C) Sweep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweeping. 11. Annisa ..... talking to her friends when I interrupted her. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 12. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past continuous tense. A) I had been waiting for the bus for 20 minutes before it arrived. B) I was waiting for the bus when it started to rain. C) I wait for the bus every morning. D) I will wait for the bus tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was waiting for the bus when it started to rain. 13. Choose the correct sentence:A:Dhaniyah and Iyazi were going to the supermarket.B:Dhaniyah and Iyazi were go to the supermarket. A) Sentence A is correct. Sentence B is wrong. B) Sentence A is wrong. Sentence B is correct. C) Sentence A and B are correct. D) Sentence A and B are wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence A is correct. Sentence B is wrong. 14. Which sentence contains a verb that should NOT normally be used in the past continuous tense? A) I was feeling sick yesterday. B) She was knowing the answer. C) He was thinking about the problem. D) They were having a party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was knowing the answer. 15. They ..... the test at this time yesterday. A) Were writing. B) Wrote. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were writing. 16. When I left the house, two dogs ..... on the street. A) Was walk. B) Were walk. C) Was walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were walking. 17. Choose the correct sentence.A:Last week, Danish was playing at the beach.B:Last week, Danish was played at the beach. A) Sentence A is wrong. Sentence B is correct. B) Sentence A is correct. Sentence B is wrong. C) Sentence A and B are correct. D) Sentence A and B are wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence A is correct. Sentence B is wrong. 18. He ..... to the radio while he ..... breakfast. A) Listens eats. B) Listened ate. C) Was listening was eating. D) Is listening is eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was listening was eating. 19. He ..... (not/listen) to music when I called him A) Did not listen. B) Was not listening. C) Is not listening. D) Listens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was not listening. 20. She ..... in the kitchen just now, when the telephone rang. A) Was cooking. B) Were cooking. C) Is cooking. D) Are cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 21. We didn't go out because it ..... A) Is raining. B) Rains. C) Was raining. D) Raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is raining. 22. He was cooking dinner when Tina went out. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Who ..... for when I met you at the pier? A) Did you waiting. B) Was you waiting. C) Were you waiting. D) You were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you waiting. 24. The children ..... sleeping soundly when the thief broke into the house. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 25. What did he do at the studio at 3 o'clock yesterday? A) He drew a picture. B) He was drawing a picture. C) He is drawing a picture. D) He draws a picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He drew a picture. ← 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