Grammar Quiz

Past Continuous Quiz

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What ________ when you saw him?

A. did Tony wear

B. was Tony wearing

C. wore Tony

D. Tony wear


When ____ lobsters?

A. did you last eat

B. was you last eating

C. did you last eating


I        to be a pilot when I was young.

A. was wanting

B. wanted

C. was wanted


________he___________ to music? (listen)

A. Was – to listen

B. Was – listening

C. Did – listening


Choose the correct option:

Tina (arrive) _____________ at Mary’s house before 9 pm, but she (be, not) _____________ there. She (study) _____________ at her friend’s house.

A. was arriving – wasn’t – studying

B. arrives – been – studying

C. arrived – wasn’t – was studying


S + was/were not + V_ing + O.
This is past continuous _________________.

A. Wh- question

B. Yes/No question

C. Negative sentense

D. affirmative sentense


How many kinds of verb in simple past tense?

A. regular verbs

B. irregular verbs

C. both

D. V – ing


The students __________ when the teacher entered the class.

A. was talking

B. is talking

C. are talking

D. were talking


Was / Were + S + V_ing + O?
This is past continuous _________________ .

A. Wh – question

B. Yes / No question

C. Negative sentense

D. Affirmative sentense


Police: Where ______ (be) you at seven yesterday evening? Suspect: I ________ (work) in my office.

A. was / was working

B. were / was working

C. were / worked

D. are / worked


Tom wasn’t reading a book. He _________ the dog.

A. are feeding

B. weren’t feeding

C. were feeding

D. was feeding


Complete: “I _________________a very pleasant book at 6 last night.” (to read)

A. am reading

B. was reading

C. were reading


She _______ (watch) TV when he called.

A. is watching

B. watched

C. was watching


Tina _______ over when she was playing baseball.

A. fell

B. was falling

C. wasn’t falling

D. fall


A: ______ your best friend play football at four o’clock last week? No, he ____.

A. Were / was

B. Were / weren’t

C. Was / wasn’t

D. Was / weren’t


Which one is the form of past simple tense?

A. S + Vs/es + O

B. S + am/is/are + V_ing + O

C. S + Ved/2 + O

D. S + was/were + V_ing + O


Which sentense is past continuous sentence?

A. Were you a student in 1999?

B. Were you watching TV at 7 o’clock?

C. Have you watched TV at 7 o’clock?

D. Are you watching TV at 7 o’clock?


Madonna ____ popular when she was young.

A. was becoming

B. became

C. was become


Katie and Emma ______ a picture. They were eating breakfast.

A. were drawing

B. was drawing

C. wasn’t drawing

D. weren’t drawing


Which sentence is past continuous (quá khứ tiếp diễn) tense?

A. I was listening to music this morning.

B. I am listening to music this morning.

C. I listen to music this morning.

D. I were listening to music this morning.


The bike is ok now. My dad ____ it yesterday.

A. repaired

B. were repairing

C. was repair


It _______ (start) to rain while my son and daughter _______ (go) to school.

A. started / were going

B. was starting / went

C. started / was going

D. was starting / were going


The kids __________ in the garden when it suddenly started to rain.

A. was playing

B. is playing

C. were playing

D. are playing


The teacher was angry because some students __________ football in the class when he came in.

A. playing

B. was playing

C. were playing

D. is playing


Which one is past continuous sentense?

A. Where was she going yesterday?

B. Where is she going yesterday?

C. Where does she go?


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