20 English Past Continues Tense Quiz Quizzes

1. My brother and sister ____________ playing tennis at 11am yesterday

A. was

B. are

C. were

2. When I ____________ the washing-up, I ____________ a plate

A. did – was breaking

B. was doing – broke

C. was doing – was breaking

D. did – broke

3. When the teacher ____________ in, they ____________ English

A. come – study

B. comed – studied

C. came – were studying

D. came – studied

4. Hafizi ____________ the newspaper when his taxi arrived

A. was reading

B. is reading

C. are reading

D. were reading

5. I ____________ the thief while he ____________ into my neighbor’s house

A. was seeing – got

B. saw – was getting

C. was seeing – was getting

D. saw – got

6. She ____________ when she ____________ her ankle

A. danced – was hurting

B. danced – hurt

C. was danced -hurt

D. was dencing – hurt

7. My family ____________ dinner at the restaurant

A. was having

B. is having

C. were having

D. are having

8. We ____________ volleyball with Mary when you ____________ me

A. played – were calling

B. were playing- called

C. played – called

D. play – called

9. One of the girls ____________ TV when the accident happened

A. was watching

B. is watching

C. were watching

D. are watching

10. Mr Karim ____________ happily under a tree

A. is singing

B. was singing

C. were singing

D. are singing

11. When my father ____________ in the garden, an old friend ____________ by to see him

A. worked – was passing

B. worked – passed

C. was working – passed

D. was working – was passing

12. When we heard the news, we ____________ at the canteen

A. are eating

B. is eating

C. are eating

D. were eating

13. The students ____________ Science while the teacher ____________ Geography

A. were studying , was teaching

B. was studying , were teaching

C. is studying , are teaching

D. are studying , is teaching

14. I ____________ when I heard a loud knock on the door

A. is sleeping

B. am sleeping

C. was sleeping

D. were sleeping

15. I ____________ for my purse when I ____________ my credit card

A. looked . dropped

B. looked – was dropping

C. was looking – was dropping

D. was looking – dropped

16. The baby ____________ when the telephone

A. slept – was ringing

B. slept – rung

C. sleeped – ring

D. was sleeping – rang

17. Daniel and his friends ____________ up the stairs

A. is marching

B. was marching

C. were marching

D. are marching

18. As I ____________ in the streets of Holland, I ____________ an old friend of mine

A. walked – met

B. was walking – met

C. was walking – was meeting

D. walked – was meeting

19. Alia ____________ while the other girls

A. is dancing , are singing

B. was dancing , was singing

C. were dancing , was singing

D. was dancing , were singing

20. The school gardener ____________ in the school garden all yesterday evening