This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Continuous Tense Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a time expression that can be used with the past continuous tense? A) Tomorrow. B) Next month. C) Yesterday. D) Next Sunday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yesterday. 2. He ..... some juice and then he ..... a few chips. A) Drink/ ate. B) Drank/ was eating. C) Drank/ eat. D) Was drinking/ ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drank/ eat. 3. Was she coming home when her mother slept?The sentence above belongs to ..... A) Negative sentence. B) Interrogative sentence. C) Declarative sentence. D) Imperative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrogative sentence. 4. Julia ..... her homework at 8 p.m. A) Did. B) Was doing. C) Were doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 5. We ..... dinner when dad ..... home A) Were eating/got. B) Ate/was getting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate/was getting. 6. Was she ..... milk this morning? A) Eating. B) Drinking. C) Jumping. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drinking. 7. What ..... yesterday evening? A) Did you do. B) Were you doing. C) You did. D) You were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 8. I ..... how late it had got so I apologized and left. A) Hadn't realised. B) Hadn't been realising. C) Haven't realised. D) Haven't been realising. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't realised. 9. The wind ..... blowing gently just now. A) Is. B) Has. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 10. Did you ..... a frog while you were playing in the rice field? A) Were catching. B) Catch. C) Catching. D) Caught. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catch. 11. Ali speaks Arabic. Arabic is his native language, but right now he (speak) ..... English. A) Is speaking. B) Speaking. C) Speaks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is speaking. 12. Which sentence best uses the past continuous to set the scene for a story? A) The wind howled and the rain fell. B) The wind was howling and rain was beating against the windows. C) The wind howled while the rain was beating the windows. D) The wind was howling when the rain fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wind was howling and rain was beating against the windows. 13. This time last year we ..... to Europe. A) Were travelling. B) Was travelling. C) Travelled. D) Were travelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were travelling. 14. My sister ..... TV in the living room when I arrived home last night. A) Watch. B) Watched. C) Is watching. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching. 15. We ..... having dinner. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 16. Those students ..... when the teacher came. A) Are fighting. B) Was fighting. C) Were fighting. D) Is fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were fighting. 17. More children ..... in the gym when the teacher arrived there. A) Were practicing. B) Practice. C) Practiced. D) Were practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were practicing. 18. As I ..... a shower, my parents came home. A) Was taking. B) Had been taking. C) Took. D) Had taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 19. He was ..... with me about you at 10 am yesterday A) Talks. B) Talk. C) Talked. D) Talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talking. 20. Which question is grammatically correct for asking about a past ongoing action? A) You were listening to music?. B) Were you listening to music?. C) Did you were listening to music?. D) You was listening to music?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you listening to music?. 21. Complete the sentence:I looked for my dog, but he ..... in his bed. A) Not sleeping. B) Didn't sleeping. C) Weren't sleeping. D) Wasn't sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't sleeping. 22. ..... my friends ..... games at 11 pm last night? A) Are, playing. B) Did, play. C) Was, playing. D) Were, playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were, playing. 23. I didn't think Natasha ..... , as she was out for a whole day. A) Was studying. B) Is studying. C) Studies. D) Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying. 24. ..... she reading a magazine when Peter arrived? A) Were. B) Was. C) Do. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 25. Wendy and I ..... arriving in Surin last Monday afternoon. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. ← 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