Multiple Choice Questions
Day 21 - Past Continuous Tense
Practice Questions with Answers
Total 30 questions available
Q. 1
While we _______ (talk), the lights suddenly went out.
A
talkedB
talkingC
were talkingD
was talkingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 2
They _______ (study) for the exam when I called them.
A
studiedB
was studyingC
studiesD
were studyingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 3
I _______ (drive) to work when I saw an accident.
A
were drivingB
droveC
driveD
was drivingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 4
They _______ (not/play) soccer when I saw them yesterday.
A
weren’t playedB
weren’t playingC
didn’t playingD
didn’t playClick an option to check your answer
Q. 5
I _______ (call) you when I remembered I left my keys at home.
A
was callingB
calledC
was calledD
callClick an option to check your answer
Q. 6
She _______ (talk) to her friend when I called her.
A
talkedB
were talkingC
was talkingD
talksClick an option to check your answer
Q. 7
He _______ (study) when the teacher entered the room.
A
studiedB
were studyingC
studiesD
was studyingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 8
He _______ (play) the piano when I visited him.
A
were playingB
playedC
playsD
was playingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 9
I _______ (read) when the lights went out.
A
was readingB
readsC
readD
were readingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 10
She _______ (cry) when I arrived at the scene.
A
criedB
was criedC
was cryingD
were cryingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 11
She _______ (not/feel) well when I visited her last night.
A
didn’t feelingB
wasn’t feltC
didn’t feelD
wasn’t feelingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 12
When we were kids, we _______ (not/play) video games.
A
didn’t playedB
weren’t playingC
didn’t playD
weren’t playedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 13
What _______ (you/do) at 8 PM last night?
A
did you doB
was you doingC
you were doingD
were you doingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 14
I _______ (wait) for you when you called me yesterday.
A
was waitedB
were waitingC
waitedD
was waitingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 15
At 5 PM, I _______ (work) on my project.
A
was workingB
worksC
were workingD
workedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 16
They _______ (watch) TV when the power went out.
A
watchedB
were watchingC
watchD
was watchingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 17
While I _______ (take) a shower, the phone rang.
A
was takingB
were takingC
tookD
takesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 18
We _______ (not/listen) to the radio at that time.
A
not listenedB
weren’t listeningC
weren’t listenedD
didn’t listenClick an option to check your answer
Q. 19
You _______ (work) at 9 AM yesterday?
A
workB
was workingC
were workingD
did you workClick an option to check your answer
Q. 20
I _______ (not/know) you were coming to the party.
A
wasn’t knowB
weren’t knowingC
didn’t knowD
wasn’t knowingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 21
What _______ (you/do) at 9 PM yesterday when I called you?
A
were doing youB
were you doingC
you were doingD
did you doClick an option to check your answer
Q. 22
While we _______ (eat), it started raining.
A
were eatingB
was eatingC
ateD
eatsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 23
He _______ (read) a book when I knocked on the door.
A
readB
were readingC
was readingD
readsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 24
When I arrived, they _______ (have) dinner.
A
were havingB
was havingC
hadD
were hadClick an option to check your answer
Q. 25
When I was a child, I _______ (play) outside every day.
A
used to playB
were playingC
playedD
was playingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 26
We _______ (drive) when we saw the accident.
A
was drivingB
droveC
drivingD
were drivingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 27
They _______ (not/watch) the movie when I arrived.
A
didn’t watchedB
weren’t watchingC
weren’t watchedD
didn’t watchClick an option to check your answer
Q. 28
What time _______ (she/arrive) when you left the office yesterday?
A
she arrivedB
did she arriveC
was she arrivingD
was she arriveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 29
I _______ (not/sleep) when the phone rang.
A
wasn’t sleptB
don’t sleepC
wasn’t sleepingD
didn’t sleepClick an option to check your answer
Q. 30
I _______ (work) when the fire alarm went off.
A
was workingB
workC
were workingD
workedClick an option to check your answer
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