14 English Past and Present Continuous tense Quiz Quizzes

1. They ____________ in London for few days

A. staying

B. are staying

C. was staying

D. were staying

2. Last night I TV when suddenly I heard a scream

A. watching

B. watch

C. was watching

D. am watching

3. My neighbor ____________ his driveway of snow when the next storm rolled in and he had to stopped

A. Is cleaning

B. Was cleaning

C. Cleans

D. Had cleaned

4. What is the Past Continuous Tense?

A. a verb tense which is used to show repetition, habit or generalization

B. a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective, adverb, or phrase

C. refer to the actions which were going on in the past.

D. a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

5. I was reading a detective story ____________ I heard a noise

A. during

B. when

C. while

6. He ____________ a diorama for the science fair with to-scale models of the planets, moons, and asteroids

A. Designs

B. Had designed

C. Is designing

D. Was designing

7. This morning, I ____________ for a sensitive meeting with my boss about an employee of mine

A. Prepared

B. Prepare

C. Had prepared

D. Am preparing

8. I ____________ a surprise birthday party for my son and I’m ____________ to secretly invite his friends from school

A. Am planning/am going

B. Have planned/going

C. Am planning/going

D. Have planned/have went

9. Mom and I ____________ to each other during the movie when the person next to us asked us to be quiet

A. Whispered

B. Had been whispering

C. Were whispering

D. Was whispering

10. The children ____________ their lunch at 1 30 yesterday afternoon

A. were having

B. was having

C. is having

D. are having

11. what is present continuous tense?

A. verb tense indicates that an action or condition is happening now, frequently and may continue into the future

B. for something which happened before and after another action.

C. words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns

D. words that show an action (sing), occurrence (develop), or state of being

12. My dog ____________ constantly ____________ at the basement door which gives me the creeps!

A. Has, barked

B. Was, barking

C. Is, barking

D. Had, barked

13. Rini ____________ while her mother was washing the vegetables

A. is sleeping

B. slept

C. were sleeping

D. was sleeping

14. My son ____________ lunch all by himself because he thinks the cafeteria food is revolting