Past Continuous Tense Quiz: 10 Multiple-Choice Questions with Answers for Online Practice

Question 1:  Which sentence correctly uses the Past Continuous tense?

(A) I eat dinner when she called

(B) They were watching a movie when it started to rain

(C) He finishes the book last night

(D) She had gone before I arrived

Question 2:  Complete the sentence: He ______ when I knocked on the door.

(A) reads

(B) is reading

(C) was reading

(D) has read

Question 3:  Identify the tense in this sentence: I was sleeping when the phone rang.

(A) Present Continuous

(B) Past Continuous

(C) Past Simple

(D) Future Continuous

Question 4:  Choose the correct completion: They ______ all night for the exam.

(A) studied

(B) were studying

(C) study

(D) studies

Question 5:  Which sentence is Past Continuous?

(A) She will be cooking dinner

(B) She is cooking dinner now

(C) She was cooking dinner when I arrived

(D) She cooks dinner every evening

Question 6:  Complete the sentence: While he ______ TV, I was reading a book.

(A) watch

(B) watching

(C) watches

(D) was watching

Question 7:  Identify the correct use of Past Continuous in this sentence:

(A) They are walking in the park yesterday

(B) They were walk in the park yesterday

(C) They were walking in the park yesterday

(D) They walked in the park yesterday

Question 8:  Complete the sentence: I ______ to music when he called me.

(A) listen

(B) was listening

(C) listens

(D) listened

Question 9:  Which sentence shows Past Continuous tense correctly?

(A) She writes a letter when he arrives

(B) She was writing a letter when he arrived

(C) She is writing a letter when he arrived

(D) She wrote a letter when he arrived

Question 10:  Fill in the blank: While they ______ for the bus, it started to rain.

(A) waited

(B) are waiting

(C) were waiting

(D) wait