This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. You ..... (watch)TV yesterday night. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Were watch. D) Was watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 2. Emma ..... (wash) the dishes when the telephone ..... (ring). A) Was washed / rang. B) Washed / was ringing. C) Washed / rang. D) Was washing / rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was washing / rang. 3. Identify the sentence that is in the past continuous tense. A) They were playing soccer when it started to rain. B) They play soccer when it started to rain. C) They have played soccer when it started to rain. D) They will play soccer when it started to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were playing soccer when it started to rain. 4. My brother ..... in Ireland when he met his girlfriend. A) Study. B) Was studying. C) Were study. D) Was study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying. 5. Which is the correct way to ask a question and give a short answer about yesterday afternoon? A) You were studying? Yes, I was. B) Were you studying? Yes, I were. C) Did you studying? Yes, I did. D) Were you studying? Yes, I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you studying? Yes, I was. 6. While Ali ..... , the telephone rang. A) Read. B) Reads. C) Reading. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 7. By the time the bell ..... , I ..... the test. A) Had rung/had finished. B) Rang/was finished. C) Rang/had finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rang/had finished. 8. The old man ..... the cheque when the robber ..... the bank. A) Was cashing/robs. B) Is cashing/robbed. C) Was cashing/robbed. D) Cashed/was robbing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cashing/robbed. 9. Berikut yang merupakan formula past continuous adalah ..... A) S + v2. B) S + is/am/are + ving. C) S + was/ were + V2. D) S + was/were + ving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) S + was/were + ving. 10. My sister ..... (decorate) the Christmas tree in the living room last night. A) Is decorating. B) Was decorating. C) Were decorating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was decorating. 11. True or False:The sentence 'She was talk on the phone' is a grammatically correct way to use the past continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. True or False:In the sentence 'While I was reading, the power went out, ' the word 'while' signals that two actions were happening at the same time or that one was interrupted. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Write a sentence using 'when' to describe an action that was happening in the past. A) I was reading a book when the phone rang. B) I was reading a book when I eat dinner. C) I will read a book when the phone rings. D) I read a book when the phone is ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was reading a book when the phone rang. 14. I can see with my ..... A) Nose. B) Eyes. C) Legs. D) Ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eyes. 15. Yesterday afternoon, Irene ..... whole grain cookies. A) Was baking. B) Bakes. C) Is baking. D) Baked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was baking. 16. I ..... (get up), ..... (take) a bath, ..... (dress) and ..... (have) breakfast in the morning. A) Was getting, taking, dressing, having. B) Got, took, dressed, had. C) Was getting, took, dressed, had. D) Was getting, taking, dressing, had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got, took, dressed, had. 17. $^{Choose the correct form of the verb in }$$^{"Past Continuous Tense" .}$He ..... (fix) his car when it started raining. A) Was fixing. B) Were fixed. C) Was fixing up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was fixing. 18. How do you express 'it (go) to rain' in past continuous? A) It was going to rain. B) It is going to rain. C) It were going to rain. D) It goes to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was going to rain. 19. It ..... a beautiful morning. A) Is. B) Was. C) Has. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 20. The children ..... playing at the park now. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 21. The boy ..... in the badminton court yesterday afternoon. A) Is playing. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Are making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 22. Yelaine and her twin sisters ( is cutting, are cutting ) the ribbons to decorate their scrapbook. A) Is cutting. B) Are cutting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are cutting. 23. My friends and I ..... (eat) the delicious food when John arrived at the party. A) Eat. B) Is eating. C) Were eat. D) Were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were eating. 24. The doctor ..... (take) off the plaster that he ..... (put) on six weeks before. A) Took-had put. B) Had taken-put. C) Took-put. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took-had put. 25. She ..... (not fish) by the lake when he ..... (swim) in the lake. A) Were not fishingwas swimming. B) Was not fishingwere swimming. C) Was not fishingwas swimming. D) Was fishingwas swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was not fishingwas swimming. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books