Past Continuous Tense Quizzes

Preview 20 Quizzes about Past Continuous Tense

John arrived while I _____________.

A. slept

B. was sleeping

C. sleep

D. were slept

I _____ to him when he spoke in front of the class.

A. wasn’t listen

B. wasn’t listening

C. not listening

D. not listen

_____ you working on the project?

A. Were

B. Was

Where … you meeting your client at 10 o’clock yesterday?

were
was

Who … the car when it …?

was driving, crashed
drove, was crashing

My brother and sister _____ playing tennis at 11am yesterday.

A. was

B. are

C. were

Robert and Tara … when Peter … .

A. Were preparing dinner – was arriving
B. Were preparing dinner – arrived
C. Prepared dinner – was arriving
D. Prepared dinner – arrive

Jay-Jay and Peppa ________ TV all day long.

A. were watching

B. were watch

C. was watching

When I looked in the window, some people ____ ____ lunch.

A. was eat

B. were eat

C. were eating

D. was eating

My brother and sister _____ playing tennis at 11am yesterday.

A. was

B. are

C. were

The fire alarm rang … the boarding school students were sleeping.

while
when

What ____ you ____ when the accident happened?

A. are, do

B. are, doing

C. was, do

D. were, doing

Belinda ___________ her house when we came home.

A. were tidying

B. tidied

C. was tidying

D. tidies

In 2010, we ____ in a small flat in London.

A. were living

B. was live

C. were live

D. was living

_____ you _____ football at 2 PM ?

A. Were, playing

B. Was, playing

C. Are, playing

D. Do, playing

Why ________ he _________________ the same sentence?

A. was, repeating

B. were, repeating

C. was, repeat

D. were, repeat

Was it you who _________________ at me in the garden?

A. was waving

B. have waving

C. is waving

D. be waving

Everyone was ____ not to look shocked when the bride fell down.

A. trying

B. try

C. tried

D. tries

All yesterday morning my parents______.

A. are sleeping

B. were sleeping

C. slept

D. sleeping

Mr. Adam was ___________ dinner at 6 o’clock yesterday evening.

A. had

B. have

C. having

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