Are you ready to take our Past Continuous Multiple Choice English Grammar Quiz?
There are 20 questions.
Read each question carefully and watch the video.
The answers to the quiz are at the bottom of the page.
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1. __________you driving fast when the accident happened?
A) Was B) Are C) Were D) Will
2. __________ taking a shower when the phone rang.
A) I am B) I will C) I would D) I was
3. When I saw him he______________ on the bench at the park.
A) is sitting B) was sitting C) were sitting D) will be sitting
4. They _____________ TV when they heard a strange noise.
A) were watching B) was watching C) are watching D) would watch
5. Person 1: “Was it snowing that night?”
Person 2: “Yes,_________.”
A) it was B) was it C) it is D) it did
6. My parents__________ having breakfast when I got home.
A) was B) are C) is D) were
7. What __________ doing at 11:30 last night?
A) is he B) he was C) was he D) were he
8. We were_____________about him when he came into the room.
A) speak B) speaking C) spoke D) would speak
9. They____________ waiting for us at the airport.
A) weren’t B) wasn’t C) isn’t D) won’t
10. The sun__________ still shining when we left work.
A) is B) are C) was D) were
11. She____________the store when I ran into her yesterday.
A) leaving B) left C) leaves D) was leaving
12. You weren’t_________when the teacher gave the instructions.
A) listen B) listening C) listens D) listened
13 Marshall didn’t watch the game because______________.
A) he works B) he was working C) he will be working D) he would work
14. Person 1: “Were you having dinner when I called you?”
Person 2: “No, we___________. “
A) wasn’t B) aren’t C) weren’t D) wouldn’t
15. He changed his mind when the waiter___________ bringing his dish.
A) was B) were C) is D) would
16. I _____________ the wall when I fell off the ladder.
A) will be waiting B) am painting C) painted D) was painting
17. Emily hurt her ankle when she was _____________in the club last Friday.
A) danced B) is dancing C) dancing D) dances
18. _______________the kitchen when I arrived home yesterday.
A) He is cleaning B) He’ll be cleaning C) He was cleaning D) He was cleaned
19. I was___________if you could stop by the supermarket on your way home?
A) wonder B) wondering C) wondered D) to wonder
20. ____________playing the guitar when you arrived home?
A) Was she B) Were she C) Would she D) Did she
Answers:
1C 2D 3B 4A 5A 6D 7C 8B 9A 10C 11D 12B 13B 14C 15A 16D 17C 18C 19B 20A
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