This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... their homework when we got home. They ..... computer games! A) Didn't do / were playing. B) Weren't doing / played. C) Weren't doing / were playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't doing / were playing. 2. Complete the past progressive sentence in the negative form.Carlos and Ben ..... ( not stop) the car. A) Were not stopping. B) Was not stopping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were not stopping. 3. As I ..... , the children were laughing at my jokes A) Spoke. B) Speak. C) Spoken. D) Speaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spoke. 4. The children ..... their bikes when the accident happened. A) Was riding. B) Are riding. C) Were riding. D) Is riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were riding. 5. She was cutting my hair ..... A) In the morning. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the morning. 6. The seals ..... eating fish when a shark suddenly appeared. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 7. Question number 3 A) Is cleaning. B) Was cleaning. C) Was been cleaning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cleaning. 8. Another name for past progressive is ..... A) Past continuous. B) Past perfect tense. C) Simple past tense. D) Simple progressive tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past continuous. 9. Were you watching TV when your father ..... last night? A) Arrived. B) Arrives. C) Was arriving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived. 10. He ..... the glass while he ..... the washing up. A) Was dropping / did. B) Dropped / did. C) Dropped / was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dropped / was doing. 11. Ben was going to school when he ..... the accident. A) Were seeing. B) See. C) Saw. D) Was seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw. 12. Tami (do) her homework when the bell rang. A) Did. B) Were doing. C) Was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 13. Michael ..... flying a kite while the teacher was teaching class. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 14. I ..... a new car three days ago A) Buy. B) Buys. C) Bought. D) Buyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 15. Jack (study) French last year. A) Study. B) Was studying. C) Studied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studied. 16. What were they doing when the storm started? A) They were cooking dinner inside. B) They were sleeping in their beds. C) They were watching a movie indoors. D) They were engaged in an outdoor activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were engaged in an outdoor activity. 17. Harry was helping his grandmother ..... a bird stole his hat. A) When. B) While. C) At 12 noon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 18. Transform the sentence 'She was reading a book' into past simple. A) She was read a book. B) She reads a book. C) She read a book. D) She is reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She read a book. 19. Create a sentence in past progressive about what you were doing last weekend. A) I read a book last weekend. B) I will read a book last weekend. C) I was reading a book last weekend. D) I am reading a book last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was reading a book last weekend. 20. A make-up artist ..... his imagination to change an actor's appearance. A) Used. B) Is using. C) Uses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uses. 21. Tom was playing the piano. A) Past progressive. B) Present progressive. C) Simple past. D) Simple present. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past progressive. 22. Which sentence shows the correct contrast between positive and negative past progressive? A) He were wearing shorts, but he wasn't carried a tennis racquet. B) He wearing shorts, but he was not carry a tennis racquet. C) He was wear shorts, but he didn't carrying a tennis racquet. D) He was wearing shorts, but he wasn't carrying a tennis racquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was wearing shorts, but he wasn't carrying a tennis racquet. 23. What is the past tense form of "talk" ? A) Talked. B) Talking. C) Talkd. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talked. 24. We ..... English yesterday A) Studying. B) Studies. C) Study. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Studied. 25. Use past progressive in a sentence about your last vacation. A) I swam in the ocean during my last vacation. B) I will swim in the ocean during my last vacation. C) I am swimming in the ocean during my last vacation. D) I was swimming in the ocean during my last vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was swimming in the ocean during my last vacation. 26. Somebody (fix) their faucet upstairs last night, A) Are fixing. B) Were fixing. C) Was fixing. D) Is fixing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was fixing. 27. When I (arrive) ..... , the teacher (write) ..... something on the board. A) Arriving, written. B) Arrived, wrote. C) Was arriving, was writing. D) Arrived, was writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived, was writing. 28. Select the verb (s) in the past progressive tense.If I knew what I was doing, it wouldn't be called research.(Albert Einstein) A) Was. B) Doing. C) Was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 29. Convert the sentence 'You play video games' to past progressive. A) You played video games. B) You were playing video games. C) You are playing video games. D) You have played video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You were playing video games. 30. How do you use the past progressive tense to show interrupted actions? A) Use simple past for both actions. B) Use future tense for the interrupting action. C) Use present tense for the ongoing action. D) Use past progressive for the ongoing action and simple past for the interrupting action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use past progressive for the ongoing action and simple past for the interrupting action. 31. Daniel and his friends ..... up the stairs. A) Is marching. B) Was marching. C) Were marching. D) Are marching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were marching. 32. She ..... a movie when the lights went out. A) Watch. B) Watched. C) Is watching. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching. 33. They were trying to build an igloo ..... A) Last night. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last night. 34. The phone ..... (ring) when I entered the room. A) Was rining. B) Were ringing. C) Were rining. D) Was ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was ringing. 35. They ..... trying to make an igloo last night. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 36. Philip and Jonas (collect) samples of the rat cell for their experiment last weekend. A) Was collecting. B) Are collecting. C) Were collecting. D) Is collecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were collecting. 37. He ..... (dance) at a party when he ..... (meet) his girlfriend. A) Was dancing / met. B) Danced / was meeting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was dancing / met. 38. Find the past progressive in this text:'He was studying when I called.' A) Studied when. B) Was studying called. C) Was studying. D) Was calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. 39. I ..... in the park when I met Serena A) Were walking. B) Am walking. C) Is walking. D) Was walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was walking. 40. My sister wasn't scampering in the park ..... A) Yesterday afternoon. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday afternoon. 41. Andrea and Rosa (have) breakfast. A) Has. B) Is having. C) Are having. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are having. 42. What is the correct structure for forming an information question in the past progressive tense? A) To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. B) To be + Verb +-ing + Subject + Object +?. C) Question Words + To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. D) Subject + To be + Verb +-ing + Object +?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question Words + To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. 43. Fill in the blank:'They ..... (not/finish) their homework when I arrived.' A) Have not finished. B) Had not finished. C) Were not finishing. D) Did not finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not finished. 44. The sun rose ..... we were waiting for my uncle. A) While. B) When. C) Last Wednesday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 45. Which sentence is NOT in the past progressive tense? A) I was reading a book. B) She is cooking dinner. C) We were watching TV. D) He was playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is cooking dinner. 46. Sue and Fran ..... playing violin while Matt was playing guitar. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 47. I was involving in that game. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. The child ..... when the ball hit the vase. A) Were playing. B) Play. C) Played. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was playing. 49. ..... in the garden? A) Was Tom read. B) Was Tom reading. C) Did Tom reading. D) Tom reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was Tom reading. 50. We were having a picnic when it started to rain. A) The rain ruined our plans for the day. B) The weather was perfect for a picnic. C) We decided to leave before the rain started. D) The picnic was interrupted by rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The picnic was interrupted by rain. 51. Which of the following is NOT past progressive? A) She was dancing. B) She danced. C) She was dancing yesterday. A) She is dancing. B) They were dancing. C) He dances. D) B) She danced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B) She danced. 52. Choose the best answer using a wh word ..... were you dancing tonight, at the restaurant or at your house? A) Who. B) What. C) Where. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where. 53. (make the question)She arrived at 6 pm A) She arrived at 6 pm?. B) Did she arrive?. C) When did she arrive?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When did she arrive?. 54. She ..... cutting my hair in the morning. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 55. Which of these is an incorrect past progressive sentence? A) They were living in New York. B) He was sleeping at midnight. C) I was making a cake last night. D) She were swimming in the pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She were swimming in the pool. 56. When I (get back) ..... my mum (cook) ..... dinner A) Was getting back / cooked. B) Got back/ was cooking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got back/ was cooking. 57. Ana and mark ..... (not /drive) to house A) Was not driving. B) Was playing. C) Were not driving. D) Are not playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were not driving. 58. What are the use of this past progressive sentence?'I was practicing piano because I had a big performance coming up' A) Reasons and contexts for events. B) The past continuous and definite time. C) Ongoing and repeated events. D) Background events. E) Events happening at a particular time in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reasons and contexts for events. 59. As they ..... TV, the power went out. A) Were watching. B) Watched. C) Watches. D) Is watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching. 60. Earlier, You ..... taking a photograph for our Christmas album. A) Were. B) Are. C) Was. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. Next →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Progressive Tense Quiz 2Past Progressive Tense Quiz 3Past Progressive Tense Quiz 4Past Progressive Tense Quiz 5Past Progressive Tense Quiz 6Past Progressive Tense Quiz 7Past Progressive Tense Quiz 8Past Progressive Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books