Past Continuous Quiz for Year 7 English as a Second Language

Instructions

Answer the following questions about the past continuous tense. For questions with multiple choice answers, choose the correct option.

Which sentence is in the past continuous tense?
- A. She was reading a book.
- B. She read a book.
- C. She is reading a book.
- D. She will read a book.
Complete the sentence: "While we ___ (play) soccer, it started to rain."
Identify the correct past continuous form of the verb in brackets: "They ___ (watch) TV when the power went out."
- A. was watching
- B. were watching
- C. watched
- D. are watching
Which of the following sentences correctly uses the past continuous tense?
- A. He was running every day last week.
- B. He runs every day last week.
- C. He was run every day last week.
- D. He is running every day last week.
Fill in the blank with the correct form: "I ___ (study) for my test all evening yesterday."
Choose the sentence that is NOT in the past continuous tense.
- A. They were playing a game.
- B. She was listening to music.
- C. I eat dinner at 6 PM.
- D. He was drawing a picture.
What is the correct past continuous form of the verb in brackets? "We ___ (have) a picnic when it started to rain."
- A. were having
- B. was having
- C. had
- D. are having
Complete the sentence correctly: "She ___ (dance) at the party when I arrived."
Which of the following options shows a correct usage of the past continuous tense?
- A. They were eating dinner when I called.
- B. I called them while they had dinner.
- C. We eat lunch at noon yesterday.
- D. He is reading a book at that time.
Fill in the blank: "While I ___ (wait) for the bus, I saw my friend."
Choose the sentence that uses the past continuous tense incorrectly.
- A. I was sleeping during the movie.
- B. They were studying when the teacher arrived.
- C. She played piano while he sang.
- D. We were having dinner at 7 PM.
What is the past continuous form of the verb "to build"?
- A. was building
- B. were build
- C. building
- D. had built
Complete the sentence: "They ___ (run) in the park when it started to rain."
Which sentence uses the past continuous tense correctly?
- A. We were playing when I heard the news.
- B. I was hear the news while we were playing.
- C. They plays outside all day.
- D. She draws while I was sleeping.
Fill in the blank: "Last night at this time, I ___ (cook) dinner."
Choose the correct sentence that uses past continuous tense.
- A. She was talking on the phone.
- B. She talks on the phone.
- C. She will talk on the phone.
- D. She was talked on the phone.
What is the correct way to express this action in the past continuous tense? "I (watch) a movie when the phone rang."
Fill in the blank: "They ___ (not / listen) to the teacher yesterday."
Identify the correct form of the verb: "He ___ (not / work) when I called him."
- A. wasn't working
- B. didn't work
- C. doesn't work
- D. wasn't work
Which sentence is written correctly in the past continuous tense?
- A. We were swim in the lake.
- B. They was playing soccer.
- C. I was watching birds when it started to rain.
- D. She were studying for her exam.

Conclusion

Review your answers and check your understanding of the past continuous tense!

What to create	Exam
Which subject	English as second
What age group	Year or Grade 7
What topic	past continuous
Question types	Mixed
Number of questions	20
Number of answers	4
Correct answers	Exactly 1
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